EcoCentre dealerships to offer cheap (but not fast) electric cars

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The eco-Van gets a top speed of 25 mph and a range of 25 - 40 miles from its 13kW peak motor and 96-volt absorbed glass mat battery

The eco-Van has bucket seating up front and one or two bench seats behind

Like the other vehicles on offer at the EcoCentre, the eco-Van is manufactured in China by Liuzhou Wuling Special Purpose Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd

Established Lincoln and Jaguar auto dealer Ramon Alvarez has announced the opening of a new low cost electric vehicle showroom in southern California

Ramon Alvarez, founder of the Alvarez Electric Motors Company, with the two-seater eco-E

The eco-E has a 3.1kW motor powered by a 48-volt absorbed glass mat battery

The eco-E has a range of 30 to 40 miles per charge, and has a charge time of between 8 and 10 hours via a standard household (110-volt) electrical socket

The eco-E has a (regulation limited) top speed of just 25mph, which may be fine for inner city or campus travel but you're probably not going to see any of these cars on California's highways

The eco-Truck has a 13kW peak motor and 96-volt absorbed glass mat battery for a top speed of 25 mph and a range of 25 - 40 miles

The eco-Truck features over 1000 pounds of cargo capacity

The eco-E commuter car is manufactured in China by Liuzhou Wuling Special Purpose Vehicle Manufacturing Co. Ltd

All of EcoCentre's neighborhood electric vehicles detailed above have a (regulation limited) top speed of just 25mph

Initial sales are expected to be from corporate, institutional and government fleet buyers with retail sales projected to follow after

More a utility vehicle than a people carrier but like all vehicles, the eco-Truck is adaptable

Like the two-seater Smart car, the eco-E is tight-turn-friendly and should be able to squeeze into the tightest parking spot

The eco-Truck will be one of three low cost electric vehicles on sale from the EcoCentre housed within Orange County's Irvine Auto Center

The new eco-Truck's 96-volt absorbed glass mat has a recharge time of between 8 and 10 hours via a standard household (110-volt) electrical socket

No need to choke the environment with poisonous fumes to drop off your child at the school gates, the eco-E will get you there with no tailpipe emissions

The eco-Van is the vehicle of choice if your school run has more than one child

An electric scooter and a quad/ATV are expected to be added to the catalog by the end of 2013

Article Summary

As any early adopter of consumer electric vehicles will tell you, being a clean transport pioneer might be kinder to the planet but it can cause the average wallet to suffer a seizure. Chevy's 2013 Volt, for instance, is priced at a snip under US$40,000 and Ford's Focus Electric is only a few hundred bucks cheaper, and a new Nissan Leaf is over twice the price of a new ICE-powered Dodge Dart. The owner of Lincoln and Jaguar dealerships in Riverside, California is hoping to strip away the high cost barrier to the mass adoption of electric vehicles with the opening of his first all-electric EcoCentre showroom later this month. Three EVs are to lead the charge, including a small commuter car for under $10,000.

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