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EV Innovations preps Wave EV for $7.5 million X Prize

 
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The consumer-targeted EV may look odd, but it's intended for the average buyer

The consumer-targeted EV may look odd, but it's intended for the average buyer

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Picture it: 200mi on a single charge, 80mph top speed and a purchase price of just $30,000 - not a recipe for success for a standard combustion engine car, but a very reasonable proposition for a mass-market electric car. And that's exactly what EV Innovations is proposing with its Wave electric vehicle.

You might be familiar with the company through its other electric car, the Inizio. That car, a 159mph (257km/h) sports car with a sub-4 second 0-62mph (100km/h) time, is not targeted at the average buyer with its $139,000 price tag.

The new car, built to win the Automotive X Prize, could be on the streets by 2010. If it does claim the top trophy at the X Prize contest, it will gain another $7.5 million to help with development and production of the car. At this point, however, EV Innovations hasn't decided which of its cars it will enter.

Either way, it looks like the company will have a solid shot at the title.



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  1. ma_TogetherinParis avatar TogetherinParis Posted: 4/28/2009 11:17pm PDT

    This looks to be a superb concept. Finally a car that is not wrapped up in 'showing off' wheels. The enclosed wheel wells, boat tail and hopefully smooth underside will make this car a super efficient machine. Congratulations on a great design.
     
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