We (the plugin community) might think 'So, what is the big deal? Citicars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar have been around for a long time and their Citicar community is alive and well. And they have a free discussion group for them http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/C-Car/conversations/messages
There are many Citicar EVs available for sale, other than the 'one' mentioned in the newswire (below) and for less money: http://google.com/#q=ebay+Citicar Perhaps all those 'Electric things' are new to that MO media outlet, or it is the shape of the vehicle that yanks their chain (reference to cheese wedge) ... (?) But it all points out to me, that the media where ever they are, have all the power to communicate, yet know nothing about what they spew (they have no idea of the huge plugin community, nor of the thriving EV-specific Citicar community). For those that are interested, I placed the newswire below. {brucedp.150m.com} http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2014/02/found_on_craigslist_1975_elect.php Found on Craigslist: 1975 Electric Car Looks Part-Golf Cart, Part-Cheese Wedge By Lindsay Toler Feb. 6 2014 [image http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/electriccar.jpeg Louis Klingert For Sale: One 1975 Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar ] Before the Nissan Leaf, the Chevrolet Volt or Tesla Motors, there was the Vanguard CitiCar. Only about two thousand CitiCars were ever made, and one of them is for sale on St. Louis Craigslist. "The electric car is nothing new; you think it is, but it isn't," says Louis Klingert, who is selling the car in Villa Ridge. "You'd have thought it would take off, but Americans were into power and consumption. Fuel wasn't expensive then." The trapezoidal car came out in 1974, just as the Arab oil embargo ended, bringing down the price of gas. After just three years and 2,206 cars sold, the makers went bankrupt. "It never really took off, never really happened," Klingert tells Daily RFT. See also: Belleville Craigslist Ad With Graphic Photo of Dead Pet Says: "A Good Dog Is A Quiet Dog" CitiCars cost $3,000 in 1974 -- or $14,175 today, adjusting for inflation -- half the price of a typical car at the time, according to a New York Times article that describes the car as "shaped like a cheese wedge on a golf-cart chassis." Klingert is selling his for $4,900. The electric car only needs eight six-volt batteries to run. It doesn't go faster than 45 miles per hour, but it's designed for a city dweller who makes short trips within a 40 mile range. [©2014 Riverfront Times] http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/4310796305.html 1975 Vanguard, ELECTRIC CAR, Citicar - $4900 (Villa Ridge, MO) First production, totally electric car, licensed, runs and drives well, either you know what this is or you will need to do some research, but they are rare. call Louis 314-520-5859 Location: Villa Ridge, MO [image http://images.craigslist.org/00101_k1VUv3HvOQB_600x450.jpg ] -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Media-outlet-finds-a-Citicar-EV-4sale-on-MO-Craigslist-interesting-tp4667854.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
