Think City

Th!nk City
Overview
Manufacturer - Think Global
Production - 2001-2002 (trials) / 2008 - March 2011 (Europe)
November 2010 - August 2012 (US)

The Think City (stylized as the TH!NK City) is an electric city car that was produced by Norwegian carmaker Think Global, and production partner Valmet Automotive from 2008 to 2012. It is a small two-seater/2+2-seater highway capable vehicle, 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.
As of early 2011, the Th!nk was one of only five crash-tested, mass-produced, and highway-certified electric cars in the world, together with the Tesla Roadster (2008), the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, the Nissan Leaf and the Smart ED. The Th!nk City was sold in Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, the United Kingdom and the United States. As of October 2010, a total of 2,500 units had been manufactured at Oslo-based TH!NK's production facility. Norway was the leading market with 1,120 units registered through September 2013.
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. Think Global was purchased soon after by Electric Mobility Solutions AS, which announced production to resume in early 2012 with a refined Think City. However, production never resumed, and the Indiana plant completed its final car in August 2012.
History
The vehicle was known as the Pivco PIV4 in its prototype phase. Ford bought the Norwegian company in 1999 in anticipation of the incoming California Air Resources Board zero emissions vehicle mandate. After the laws partially wound back and made less stringent, Ford ceased production of the vehicle in 2002 with 1,005 units produced. Ford sold the Norwegian electric car company the following year.
The Th!nk City was exhibited for the first time in the UK in July 2008. At the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, Think announced that the Th!nk City would be launched in Denmark and Sweden in 2008, followed by launching in the UK, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands in 2009.
At the 2008 British International Motor Show at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre, London, THINK announced that the Th!nk City will be available to UK customers from the summer of 2009. Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined Transport Minister Geoff Hoon for a presentation by managing director of Think UK.

First generation (2000)

First generation
Overview
Manufacturer - Ford TH!NK
Production - 2000-2002
Assembly - Aurskog, Norway
Powertrain
Electric motor - 27 kW (36 hp) 3-phase induction motor
Battery - 12 kWh nickel-cadmium battery (NiCd)
Range - 30 mi (48.3 km)
Dimensions
Wheelbase - 1,976 mm (77.8 in)
Length - 2,991 mm (117.8 in)
Width - 1,604 mm (63.1 in)
Height - 1,563 mm (61.5 in)
Curb weight - 940 kg (2,070 lb)

The original Think City was produced by the Ford Motor Company's Norwegian subsidiary TH!NK from 2000 until 2002. It was leased in limited numbers in Europe and the United States.
More than 370 vehicles were delivered to customers in North America. They were largely leased to individuals and companies as part of station car trials in California and New York. NHTSA regulations stipulated that these vehicles could not legally remain in the United States beyond the three-year time frame for these trials. Around half of the North American units were scrapped while the other half were exported back to Norway as used cars.

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