G-Wiz it's Nearly Christmas!
by Sami Grover, Carrboro, NC, USA 
on 11.10.07
OK – the G-Wiz is popping up so often on our pages it’s in serious danger of becoming a cliché. However, that doesn’t seem to stop its ever growing popularity, or its attractiveness to funky designers. We couldn’t resist, then, to bring our London readers’ the news that a few of these cute electric vehicles are still available for a Christmas delivery - heck, they’ll even gift wrap it for you! More exciting holiday gift ideas to come soon when our 2007 Gift Guide is launched – in the meantime, check out our 2006 version for a teaser of what’s in store! ::GoinGreen:: via site visit::
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I love those cute little cars. According to the currency conversion that i used that would be 16000 and something US dollars. Still more than my wife paid for her Corrolla new.
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Authors comment:
True enough, but she'd have paid a lot more for it in the UK...
How do I get one of these in the U.S. ?
"How do I get one of these in the U.S. ?"
You can't now and you won't ever unless laws and regulations are changed to allow city cars that can't pass U.S. crash tests.. That's just the way the curent laws are. Write your congress critter to have them bring it up.
I've been interested in the Reva (G-Wiz) for quite some time, but if it came to the US, we'd likely get a reduced speed version, labeled an NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle). Then you toss aside its ~ 45 - 50 mph top speed and get a far less useful 25 mph top speed model. But that 25 mph (NEV) car is already available in the US. It's a ZENN. I've driven the ZENN and like it, but I live on a 45 mph road, so I can't legally drive one out of my driveway.