On September 17, 2009
Meet the Wheego Whip: A New EV for 2010
Meet the new star in the EV firmament, the Wheego Whip. That’s a fairly fanciful name for a remarkably capable vehicle build by Wheego Electric Cars, headed by former EarthLink President Mike McQuary (just one of many former Internet players now involved in plug-in cars). According to McQuary, Wheego raised $1.2 million in August from existing investors and is expecting $1.3 million more from “new pockets.” It needs the money to get its Wheego car through crash testing and certified as a road-going EV. In current form, it is licensed as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV), meaning that, in most states, it’s limited to 25 mph and roads with speed limits not above 35 mph. Even as a NEV, the…
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