London Electric Car Company Collaborates with Top Designers
by Sami Grover, Carrboro, NC, USA on 03. 3.07
We Treehuggers like fashion and design, and we like electric cars, so we love it when the two come together. GoinGreen, the company that created the UK’s electric car market, and that we covered here and here, has teamed up with London design duo Eley Kishimoto to produce a limited edition G-Wiz electric car:
“The iconic G-Wiz has been wrapped with Eley Kishimoto’s signature ‘flash’ print and is available in three colourways; black/white, blue/white and red/white, with corresponding bumpers. Only 10 cars per colour will be available to order and each will be numbered and signed by Eley Kishimoto.”
So far, from what we can see, Eley Kishimoto have not been particularly well-known for sustainable design. However, this project may mark a change in their outlook, as Mark Eley explained:
“We are happy to collaborate with a company that has passionate visions of a better future for the environment. We hope to learn from this relationship and use it as spring board to educate ourselves more intimately about what we can do within our own business to improve similar matters,”
Let’s just hope they are true to their word. GoinGreen :: Elley Kishimoto
G-wiz's are great! I love seeing them around town when I am in London ... plus, they are tiny! They make the Mini looks HUGE ... and an SUV look like a whale!
Plus, they don't pay the Congestion Charge and get free charging points in the parking garages.