Electric Bubble Car on the road Video 6 of many

The blue car is an original petrol BMW isetta from 1957.... The orange car- may look similar but it is in fact a brand new EV (electric car) we have made the steel body, the tubular chassis, the glass, the trim, the rubber. Indeed the whole thing!
It has 4 brushless hub motors- so it is four wheel drive. It also has double wishbone front suspension, rear trailing arm suspension, and disk brakes all round, rack and pinion steering.
So far we have done more than 800 miles in her over the last month. It is very much our prototype- hence a little rough around the edges. Please do not judge it on that!
We are in the process of re-doing the front suspension- awaiting imported coil overs.
Currently it does around 30 mph and has a range of around 59 miles.
However both of these figures will change drastically, we are going to fit lithium ion batteries and also more powerful motors.
We are also working on a hybrid which should be up and running by the end of March 2008.
We plan to produce these as both kits and fully built cars. The basic shape will remain the same, but the whole car will be reworked to bring it into the 21st Century.
We are a British owned company based in Ho Chi Minh City, (Saigon) Vietnam.
You can see more of what we do on our websites:
WWWoGROUPHARRINGTONoCOM
WWWoISETTASHOPoCOM

We are very busy in development, and I really do not have the time to answer enquiries at this early stage. You can sign up for our newsletter from our site for updates. So please no questions such as "how much?", "when?" I do not know myself yet.
Once again, and to emphasize-
"No classic car was harmed during the making of this prototype..." Apart from the Speedo, and the steering wheel- every item on this car is Brand Spanking New!!!
Enjoy!!!!!

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