+Duncan Booth Wikipedia says: In Feb 2011 GoinGreen, the UK's exclusive importer of the G-Wiz, announced that it was no longer stocking the model (although it would order them on a 4-6 week lead time when requested by customers).http://www.goingreen.co.uk/e-cars/g-wiz/
Curious and slightly annoying that stats about electric vehicles frequently quote only full size cars and ignore the G-Wiz despite it being the most successful vehicle in recent history.
I think the Twizy is also licensed as a quad or light car and not a car.
+Julian Bond Wikipedia also says Production ended in 2012 It also sounds like it is better off the roads: The UK Department for Transport found "serious safety concerns" after crashing a now discontinued G-Wiz at 56 km/h (35 mph) into a deformable barrier on 24 April 2007,[22] which is part of the normal test for production cars. Likewise, a test commissioned by Top Gear Magazine that followed the Euro NCAP crash test specifications found that the occupants would suffer "serious or life-threatening" injuries in a 64 km/h (40 mph) crash.[23]
In 2010, a fatal accident in London occurred between a G-Wiz and a Škoda Octavia, with the driver of the G-Wiz, a top British scientist named Judit Nadal, being killed. The coroner Andrew Walker was quoted as saying about the G-Wiz at the inquest: “What concerns me is that this vehicle was destroyed in this collision in a way that I have not seen a vehicle destroyed before.”[24]
Not many e-bikes about. I'm a biker and I'd be interested to read about any developments. There was one guy who posted about a very reasonably priced e-scooter he bought. Sounded very good value. Scroll down and see if you can spot it.
Curious and slightly annoying that stats about electric vehicles frequently quote only full size cars and ignore the G-Wiz despite it being the most successful vehicle in recent history.
I think the Twizy is also licensed as a quad or light car and not a car.
It also sounds like it is better off the roads:
The UK Department for Transport found "serious safety concerns" after crashing a now discontinued G-Wiz at 56 km/h (35 mph) into a deformable barrier on 24 April 2007,[22] which is part of the normal test for production cars. Likewise, a test commissioned by Top Gear Magazine that followed the Euro NCAP crash test specifications found that the occupants would suffer "serious or life-threatening" injuries in a 64 km/h (40 mph) crash.[23]
In 2010, a fatal accident in London occurred between a G-Wiz and a Škoda Octavia, with the driver of the G-Wiz, a top British scientist named Judit Nadal, being killed. The coroner Andrew Walker was quoted as saying about the G-Wiz at the inquest: “What concerns me is that this vehicle was destroyed in this collision in a way that I have not seen a vehicle destroyed before.”[24]