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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Steiner, a retired IBM Systems Engineer who is now servicing EV trucks and other commercial vehicles for a battery manufacturing company, launched Waverley Electrics as an April Fools joke in 2011. “I It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Steiner, a retired IBM Systems Engineer who is now servicing EV trucks and other commercial vehicles for a battery manufacturing company, launched Waverley Electrics as an April Fools joke in 2011. “I It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US.

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Electric Car Watch #9: Where is the Strom-R3 electric car?

Plug In India

As there are no dealers, and all sales will happen directly with customers, assuming a margin of a lac rupees per car, that will be Rs 20 CR profit per annum if Strom manages to sell 200 cars each year. He cited the example of an Indian car company called San Motors India, a limited edition sports car company operating from 1998 to 2011.