Electric Cars For Sale

Electric Cars have created a significant impact in the automobile scenario, making many auto brands vie for a niche in this segment. Detroit Electric, an electric car manufacturer which was once favored by Thomas Edison, is making a comeback with electric cars. The plug in electric car created by Detroit Electric, targets Chinese city dwellers and U.S. soccer moms.

Detroit Electric is expected to announce a partnership with Proton Holdings, a Malaysian auto manufacturer. It aims to have electric cars for sale by 2010. Detroit Electric is reported to offer a compact four-door electric car model, based on the designs of Proton model. The company also has plans to design a hatchback. Electric Cars with a range of 180 kilometers will be priced between $24,000 and $26,000; whereas those with a range of 320 kilometers, or about 200 miles, will cost up to $5,000.

The electric cars produced by Detroit Electric will run on an engine, developed by Detroit Electric’s engineering team based in Netherlands. The electric car batteries will be imported from Korea.

Detroit Electric plans to promote and market the cars in China, Europe, and the United States as an everyday vehicle. They wish to promote it as an affordable and practical, pure electric car. They believe that the revival of the name ‘Detroit Electric’ will bring them in sync with the spirit of electric driving that they had in the past.