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JUNE 11, 2010

The electric car revolution has arrived in Norway thanks to home-grown car manufacturer Think and the BBC. A convoy of 60 vehicles hit the streets as part of the BBC documentary Electric Ride which is now a quarter of the way through its month long, 4,000 miles odyssey around Europe in a Think City electric car.

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MARCH 6, 2009

Think of Norway is set to announce plans for US manufacture and sales. Think personel will be meeting with representatives of Michigan and seven states on March 12th to discuss options for manufacturing. NK city will commence in mid-2010. The Think City will have a range of 112 miles and a top speed of 62mph.

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JULY 11, 2007

The Aftenposten reports (in English) on the success Jan Olaf Willums is having at the helm of the revived Think Global. Many of Norway's tycoons and heirs are making significant investments in the company which is planning production of as many as 10,000 cars by 2009. Waiting lists were forming there. When California Th!nk

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

And the Swedes are investing in the company and ordering cars, including the Royals, according to a Norwegian story translated by Autobloggreen. The ElectricAid folks were recently given a car for the weekend, and made a video of their experiences. Norwegian engineering and humor at its finest!

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The Move About car sharing scheme, which uses the THINK City as its lead electric vehicle, has reached a milestone having signed up its 1,000th member. The scheme was launched in 2009 in Oslo, Norway, but has since expanded to Gothenburg and Copenhagen with similar schemes also taking place in Germany and Austria.

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MARCH 31, 2009

The financial crisis has hurt those that sell gas guzzlers and electric cars. Electricaid.org in Norway is trying to support its native EV company, Th!nk, nk City in the U.S. My first electric car was a Th!nk nk City so I'm biased. That little car made me an EV advocate. nk City, sign up by clicking here.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2007

The Norway Post reports that Th!nk nk City electric cars in 2007, with production beginning in summer. The article states, "The new "Think" model will have improved batteries with a range of 180 km (111 miles) between charges and a top speed of around 100 km 60 mph)." nk Global will manufacture 500 Th!nk

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NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Good news from Norway. Automotive News (subscription required) reports: Think Global has launched production of an electric minicar for European markets. On Wednesday, the first City minicar rolled off the assembly line at Think’s plant in Aurskog, northeast of Oslo. Tags: zebra battery think city.

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MAY 11, 2010

Electric car maker THINK has completed a US$40 million equity increase to support further product development and planned expansion into North American markets. With the new equity, THINK says it is now fully funded and expects to become cash-flow positive in 2011. This is a seminal event for THINK.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Electric car maker, Think has now expanded into the electric van market with the launch of two commercial vehicles. The Norway based firm’s entry into the urban delivery van market comes with two variants to be introduced between now and the end of the year. The first, the Think City N1, type approved for European [.].

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The THINK City is the lead EV in the Move About car sharing scheme; the program was launched in 2009 in Oslo, Norway and has just signed up its 1,000 th member. Of the 80 vehicles in the scheme, 79 are THINK City models, representing one of the larger EV fleets in Europe. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 27, 2007

Michael Kanellos over at CNetNews.com reports from the recent Clean-Tech Investor Summit that Tesla Motors will be selling its battery packs to other electric car companies. nk Global of Norway with its ready-for-manufacture Th!nk A certain unnamed Scandinavian electric car company has become a customer," he said.

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DECEMBER 28, 2007

10,000 Think City electric cars in 2009. As previous reported, plan is to sell the car (€25,000) and lease the battery. Think says it has battery supply contracts with three companies, and is moving into production. nk will fare as established carmakers bring electric cars to market. Zebra batteries first.

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MAY 14, 2009

Last week we told you how Think had expanded to Spain and now the Norwegian company has made several additional announcements at the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Norway. It confirmed that the Think City has been granted the first ever pan-European homologation certificate for an electric vehicle.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Norwegian electric car maker, Think has begun production in Indiana as it prepares for the introduce of its electric city car into the US market.

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JUNE 16, 2010

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, has begun production of THINK City EVs equipped with 22 kWh Li-ion battery packs from Ener1 subsidiary EnerDel. The EnerDel THINK City pack. Ener1 is an investor in THINK, and Ener1 Chairman and CEO Charles Gassenheimer is now THINK’s Chairman of the Board.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

THINK will begin selling the THINK City, one of the world’s first highway-capable urban EVs, in the US later this year. The THINK City will appear in Detroit next week at the North American International Auto Show 2010. The THINK City is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments.

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JUNE 22, 2011

Think has declared bankruptcy in Norway. Source: ElectricAid , Indianapolis Business Journal ].

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Finland-based Valmet Automotive, which signed a letter of intent under which Valmet Automotive will be a production and engineering partner for the Think City electric vehicle, will also become a minor shareholder in Think. The car already has a sales network in Europe and is ready for mass production. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Electric car maker, Think is celebrating hitting a production milestone of 2,500 units of its Think City model. The 2,500 car came off the assembly line today at production facilities in Finland, where the vehicle has been fully highway safety certified since 1999.

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JUNE 2, 2010

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, is delivering its first EVs into South America as part of a new collaboration with Brazilian electricity supplier, CPFL Energia S.A. The latest generation THINK City is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments.

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