CitiCar

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The CitiCar was a small, two-seater electric vehicle produced by Sebring-Vanguard, Inc. in Florida between 1974 and 1976. It featured a plastic, wedge-shaped body on an aluminum chassis and was powered by a 3.5-horsepower electric motor using lead-acid batteries. Approximately 2,600 CitiCars were built, making it one of the most produced electric vehicles of its time. Its production, along with its successor the ComutaCar, ended due to falling oil prices. The CitiCar was an early example of an electric automobile, predating the renewed interest in electric vehicles driven by environmental concerns and fuel crises.1

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…the most successful being the CitiCar built by a Florida company, Sebring Vanguard, Inc. The CitiCar had a plastic, wedge-shaped, two-seater body over a welded aluminum chassis. Lead-acid batteries supplied power to a 3.5-horsepower General Electric motor. With about 2,600 built between 1974 and 1976 (and another 2,000 of its…
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…the most successful being the CitiCar built by a Florida company, Sebring Vanguard, Inc. The CitiCar had a plastic, wedge-shaped, two-seater body over a welded aluminum chassis. Lead-acid batteries supplied power to a 3.5-horsepower General Electric motor. With about 2,600 built between 1974 and 1976 (and another 2,000 of its…
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