Electric vehicles (EVs)

UK EV suppliers

Though there are no mainstream manufacturers in the UK, there are various options for getting an EV.

The G-Wiz is becoming popular in London (about 400 sold as of March 2006).
The electric car owned by CCCC is a standard Peugeot 106 electric manufacturered in France. Contact details
- Contact: Mr Patrick McGivern
- Peugeot Motor Company PLC, Aldermoor House, PO Box 227, Aldermoor Lane, Coventry, Warwickshire CV3 1LT
- Phone: 024 76884000
- Fax: 024 76884001
The Citroen Berlingo van is a good-value purchase.
- Contact: Mr Brian Roskell
- Citroen UK Ltd, 221 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 4BA
- Phone: 0870 606 9000
- Fax: 01753 748126
AVT (Alternative Vehicles Technology) supply conversions, usually based on a Metro chassis.
The Lynch Motor company supply conversions, usually based on a Fiesta chassis.

UK EV organisations

These organisations have details about suppliers, specifications and pictures, and can give advice.

The UK Electric Car Association. (Contact: Robert Fowler, tel. 01823 480196, robert@avt.uk.com.)
The UK Battery Vehicle Society (BVS) has been going for many years. (Contact: Ian Gordon, Chairman, 26 College Glade, Caerleon, Newport, S Wales NP6 1TB, tel. 01633 421190, Gordon.Ian@ic24.net.) Their magazine, Battery Vehicle Review, includes adverts for second hand EVs.
The EVA (Electric Vehicle Association) of the UK is a trade organisation. (Contact: Gerry Woolf, Director, 17 Westmeston Avenue, Rottingdean, East Sussex BN2 8AL, fax 01273 390370, GerryWoolf@Compuserve.com.)

Information on UK EVs

AVERE (the European Electric Road Vehicle Association) has links to suppliers around Europe.
MIRA (Motor Industry Research Association) has an "Electric Vehicle Information Forum" page showing many EVs with links to their specifications.
Powershift programme of the Energy Saving Trust has contact details for EV suppliers.

EVs abroad

Many other countries are making much more progress that the UK. Notable is the small district of Mendrisio in Switzerland where the public are actively being encouraged to buy and use EVs. The USA has a very lively scene and is home to General Motor's EV1, currently perhaps one of the best engineered and most well known electric car.