Think City
The Th!nk City is an electric city car that was produced by Norwegian carmaker Think Global, and production partner Valmet Automotive. It is a small two-seater/2+2-seater highway capable vehicle produced from 2008 to 2011, with a top speed of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph) and an all-electric range of 160 kilometres (99 mi) on a full charge.
The Th!nk City was sold in Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, the U.S., and by March 2011 had sold 1,045 units worldwide. and limited in the U.K. As of early 2011 it was one of the five crash-tested, mass-produced and highway-certified electric cars in the world, together with the Tesla Roadster, the Mitsubishi i MiEV, the Nissan Leaf and the Smart ED.
Due to financial difficulties, production of the Th!nk City in Finland was stopped in March 2011, and the company filed for bankruptcy on June 22, 2011, for the fourth time in 20 years; The company was bought soon after by Electric Mobility Solutions AS and they announced that production is scheduled to restart as soon as 2012 with a refined Think City. Production never resumed and the Indiana plants completed its last few cars in August 2012.
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