BG’s C100 to Become First Mass-Produced Electric Car Available in USA

C100 electric car

While all the big automakers have been touting their coming-soon plug-in hybrids - you’d have to be under a rock not to have heard of the Chevy Volt or the Toyota Prius Plugin - a little-known automaker is getting set to quietly release the first mass-produced, inexpensive all-electric car onto the US market.

You’ve probably never heard of BG (Be Green) Automotive Group. Neither had I until I came across their website. But apparently this relatively unknown company is about to pull off a feat that the Big 9 haven’t been able to do - introduce a mass-produced electric car with all the safety features and accessories of a regular car, and offer it for under $20,000.

To be fair, the C100 can’t do everything a regular car can. The C100 is rated as a low-speed vehicle (Also as a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle) and is thus electronically limited to a maximum speed of 45mph - so you won’t be taking this car on the freeway. Depending on your local laws, your legal maximum top speed might even be lower - check your DMV for laws for NEV’s in your local area.

However, the C100 looks and is manufactured with many of the same specs as any other vehicle - the C100 is a four door, five passenger vehicle with dual airbags, climate control, a CD stereo, power locks and windows and even has an option for an in-dash iPhone. Depending on the package, the C100 will cost you between $16k and $18k.

C100 electric car

The C100 has a range of about 60-120 miles depending on the battery configuration you choose at purchase, and charges from any 110/220V outlet. No details are currently provided on recharge time, but we’ll guess and assume it’s going to be the standard 4-8 hours.

The C100 is also no slouch on safety. While many other NEV’s amount to nothing more than electric-powered go-karts, the C100 exceeds all DOT/NHTSA requirements for safety.

BG’s website is still very sparse on additional details, but you can visit them here and get on their mailing list. They are due to release an official brochure for the C100 any day now.

If BG can keep its promises and make the C100 available for sale in 2009, we might be seeing the start of an electric car revolution and a classic case of David-beats-Goliath. If an unknown like BG can pull this off, how many other companies are there out there right now in stealth-mode coming up with the next Prius killer?

Check out the BG website here, and check out a video of the C100 in action below:

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5 Responses to “BG’s C100 to Become First Mass-Produced Electric Car Available in USA”

  1. sj.greenlady said on November 17th, 2008 at 10:34 am

    I just LOVE this car! It is perfect as a second vehicle to run local errands and for the high school kids to get back and forth from school and friends houses without the worries of having them out speeding on highways!

  2. Xebra said on November 17th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    This looks much like the Indica EV proposed to be produced by Tata motors, which is an indication of how many EVs are now going to hit the market, which also shows how much of a demand there is for small, efficient, environment friendly vehicles that are affordable to buy as well as inexpensive to run.

  3. psvge said on December 18th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    Perfect for my daily traveling to office. For long run and high ways I can use existing big car. It will be great to see less of money will go in middle east.

  4. VonRiesling said on February 3rd, 2009 at 11:14 am

    This looks pretty much like the BG press release. Sebastian, do you have any other source for the material here?

  5. Sebastian Schepis said on February 3rd, 2009 at 11:28 am

    VonRiesling: Aside from BG’s website, there’s still not a whole lot of information available about them.

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