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The San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association promotes the use of electric vehicles of all types but it does not endorse any particular manufacturers, brands, dealers, or vehicles. The information on this page is provided to assist potential EV buyers to learn more about the choices available. The information listed is primarily from press releases and published information and has not been independently verified.

This section covers new cars and trucks that are designed for freeway use and meet the Federal safety standards. Smaller vehicles designed not to exceed 25 mph are described in the neighborhood electric vehicle NEVs section. There are also enclosed three wheel electric vehicles designed for one or two occupants that are classified as motorcycles. We've listed information about those vehicles in the Scooters-Cycles section.

Plug In America's vehicle tracker at http://www.pluginamerica.org/plug-in-vehicle-tracker.html lists the status of vehicles in development as well as those in production by manufacturers world wide.

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Bay Area Dealers

  • North Bay NIssan, 1250 Auto Center Drive, Petaluma, CA 94952, Contact Greg Dexter at 707.769.7700
  • Nissan of Santa Rosa, 1275 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, Contact Lawrence Amaturo at 707.293.2780
  • Tesla Motors Sales and Service Center, 300 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA http://www.teslamotors.com
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Bay Area Service

  • All Makes and Models - Luscious Garage, http://www.lusciousgarage.com 415.875.9030, 459 Clementina Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, Provides routine service and repairs as well as upgrades and other modifications.
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Manufacturers

  • AC Propulsion http://www.acpropulsion.com/ - AC Propulsion sells the E-box, which uses Toyota's Scion xB 5-speed body to house electric power.
  • Aptera Motors, Inc. http://www.aptera.com - Aptera is taking reservations for the Aptera typ-1 for delivery in 2010.
  • Arcimoto http://www.arcimoto.com - An Oregon company developing a single occupant EV.
  • Azure Dynamics http://www.azuredynamics.com/products/transit-connect-electric.htm - Together with Ford, manufacturers the Transit Connect Electric van.
  • Coda Automotive http://www.codaautomotive.com - Coda has announced that it will market a mid-sized sedan in California in 2010. Sign up to order on their website.
  • Commuter Cars Corporation http://www.commutercars.com/ - Sells the Tango, an ultra-narrow, high performance, freeway-capable, stable, safe vehicle that fits anywhere a motorcycle fits, but is a four-wheel car. These vehicles are being produced and order information is on their website.
  • Myers Motors http://www.myersmotors.com/ - Myers Motors sells the NMG, a single occupant, highway capable vehicle and has announced the "Duo", a two occupant vehicle for delivery in 2010.
  • Nissan http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/ - Nissan is showing its Leaf electric car and has announced that the car will be available in late 2010. (See the review below). Sign up at the Nissan website and contact the dealers listed below to purchase the Leaf.
  • Phoenix Motor Cars http://www.phoenixmotorcars.com/ .
  • Smith Electric Vehicles http://www.smithelectricvehicles.com - Smith sells electric vans, delivery trucks, and small shuttle buses.
  • Subaru http://www.subaru.com - Subaru provided two of its R1e electric cars to the New York Power Authority for testing during the summer of 2008 to evaluate the possible sale of the cars in the United States.
  • Tesla Motors http://www.teslamotors.com/ - Tesla Motors produces a high performance Roadster and has announced a sedan, the Model S. The Roadster has a 244-mile range and accelerates from 0-60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Nearly one thousand Roadsters had been delivered by the end of 2009. Roadsters and the Model S may be ordered on their website or at their stores. The blog section of their website provides details on the process of designing and producing a new electric car.
  • Th!nk http://en.think.no - A Norwegian company that is producing a new version of its Th!nk City car. The company has announced that the cars will also be manufactured in Elkhart, Indiana sold in the U.S. in 2010.
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Conversions & Cars Built to Order

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Product Reviews

If you've had an opportunity to test drive an electric vehicle and would be willing to write a review, or if you'd like to write a review of a vehicle you've purchased, please send it to info2008(at)sfeva(dot)org and we will publish it here. If you have questions or comments about reviews listed here please post your comments and questions on the SFEVA discussion Forum.

The reviews listed below reflect the personal opinions of the reviewers and are not the official position of the SFEVA.


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Review of the Nissan Renault Mule

On the first Friday of April 09 I had the opportunity to test drive a Nissan Cube with the new Nissan electric power train installed. The Cube is the test Mule. There is no name for the proposed vehicle, but putting the drive train in a Cube shows the CEO of Nissans commitment to EVs. They had a large group of Nissan employees explaining the car to anyone who would listen & refreshments/food to keep you busy while waiting for a test drive. They did the event with style. The car will have a four hour recharge time, 100 mile range & a top price of 33k. It also has a proprietary Nissan battery made by an outside vendor. Charging with a quick charge system is 26 minutes. It is still not known if it will be a two or four door. The Cube is the best conversion I've driven & I wonder why they just don't use the Cube as one model of their electric. On the drive the car handled well and had peppy acceleration with re gen. It seems that Nissan is committed to the EV cause. The car could be here within the year. Reviewed by Lawrence Rhodes.

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