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evstores
| Industry | Automotive electric vehicles |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Automobile |
| Website | [1] |
evstores (ee-vee stores: electric vehicle stores) is one of a cluster of new ventures that sell the currently generation of electric cars in London, using a unique set of favourable circumstances in the United Kingdom’s Capital.
Alongside the original pioneer, GoinGreen and NICE car Company (No Internal Combustion Engine), evstores’ founders recognized that a combination of incentives, car transport patterns, congested and relatively expensive public transport and a very large population with a high income created circumstances that suited low speed, urban range electric vehicles. Like GoinGreen and NICE Car Company, evstores focused on available and, relatively affordable electric cars. These are mostly quadracycles with lead-acid batteries and ‘off-the-shelf’ technologies. Charging these vehicles is specifically designed to be compatible with ordinary domestic supplies and maintenance is offered direct.
Together these ventures have created an early market of private electric vehicle users that is unique in the world. Other early markets for electric vehicles have typically relied on subsidized lease and pilot schemes.
Electric vehicles are enthusiastically supported by the London Mayor, Boris Johnson, who in 2008, created the London electric partnership (reference). This is a marked change after the uncertaintly around Congestion Charge rules that was created by the previous mayor Ken Livingstone and the withdrawal of free parking in the City of London (the financial district in Central London not to be confused with the larger city itself).
Unique among its peers, evstores is independent from its vehicle suppliers. It was founded in February 2009 by the same team that started NICE Car Company after that company was absorbed by Aixam, the maker of the Mega City. evstores now offers products from EuAutotechnologies in Hong Kong (the MyCar), the Tazzari Zero and the range of commercial vehicles from Micro-Vett. The latter supplier indicates that evstores may not be limiting itself to quadracycles.
evstores currently operates from a showroom and offices in Mayfair in Central London. In March 2009 it announced it started a feasibility study to bring electric vehicle manufacturing to London.
evstores vehicles[change | change source]
- MyCar electric city car produced by EuAuto Technologies in Hong Kong.
- Tazzari Zero performance city car produced by Tazzari in Italy from the end of 2009
- e-max scooter
- Micro-Vett range of commercial vans. Originally built by Piagio and FIAT and converted to electric drive by Micro-Vett in Italy
London Incentives and circumstances[change | change source]
- Freedom from Congestion Charge (Newride reference)
- Free parking in Westminster in Central London
- Discounts on resident parking permits in many other boroughs of London
- A growing number of charge points with dedicated charge points in underground car parks and with so called on-street juice-points reference
8 The average traffic speed in London is 12 mph
- The average round trip by car in Greater London is only 4.3 miles long!
- The average occupancy level per car in Greater London is 1.3 people per car
Other electric car sellers in London:[change | change source]
Goingreen NICE Car Company GEM Gnewt EnvyMoorss Xeon Cambrideg cycle Goingreen NICE Car Company GEM Gnewt EnvyMoorss Xeon Cambrideg cycle
Competitors in light electric vehicles[change | change source]
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Category:Car manufacturers Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers of France Category:Companies of France Category:Microcars Category:Production electric vehicles Category:French brands Category:Quadricycles
References evstores EuAuto NICE Car Company New ride TfL …
External links Tazzari Microvett Evstores euauto Elektromotive
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