For some time, this white box was what Finns thought about when electric vehicles were mentioned. The Finnish company Elcat, owned by a larger energy company, churned out electric vans converted from Subaru Domingos until 2002. The Elcat Cityvan saw use by municipalities, graveyards and the like, including the Finnish Post. Before the Fiskers came along, this was the official Finnish electric vehicle. Not that anyone drives a Fisker here…
The senseless script on the front is the slogan “Liikun Sähköllä” mirrored, “I move on Electricity.” Not a bad town runabout, this.
The Cityvan is a box on wheels, nothing more, nothing less. The bull bar is a design element.
The Cityvan 200 badge on the rear denotes this as the version that does 80 km/h and has a 70km range. The vehicle has about 400 kg:s of lead batteries in it.
[Images: Copyright 2013 Hooniverse/Antti Kautonen]
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