Green Options » ecogadgets http://greenoptions.com/tag/ecogadgets Posts tagged 'ecogadgets' Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Th!nk! Can This Eco-friendly Car Start an Electronic Revolution? http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/09/thnk-can-this-eco-friendly-car-start-an-electronic-revolution/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/09/thnk-can-this-eco-friendly-car-start-an-electronic-revolution/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:59:15 +0000 Sam Aola Ooko http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/09/thnk-can-this-eco-friendly-car-start-an-electronic-revolution/ For pint-size designs, these electric cars seem to dream of a global revolution where many fear to tread, or have tried with not very impressive results. And think about it, these cars are 100% recyclable!

But Th!nk Global, yes, think with an exclamation mark, a Norwegian company buoyed by undisclosed funding injection by Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and RockPort Capital Partners, is rolling out the Ox, Open and City in North America within three years after a gallant start in Europe and I can’t stop to think when they’ll ever get to Africa.

Think cars are gas-free, city cars that will start selling in the US next year but the actual mass roll out is slated for sometime in 2011, and the company has recently opened its North American division to steer the promising mad drive from the gas pumps.

Which, I think, is good news for those who feel fuel prices are already over the top, with more pump shocks yet to come if the global crude price projection is anything to go by?

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