First drive in a TH!NK City Electric Car

Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to drive a TH!NK City electric car for the first time. I was in the Bay Area and visiting another Company when I was offered the chance to make the test drive. I jumped at the chance and here are the results.

Interestingly enough, though exhilarated to get behind the wheel and to press the accelerator, the novelty of battery electric wore off faster than I could get from 0-30mph. Right away, I was "noticing" some of the side-effects, like different high-pitched whines, rattles that were unheard before, and lack of many things (AC, long range, etc).

What it really said to me in the end is that cars are about so much more than simple powertrain. Range, Curb appeal, Performance, Usability, and many more factors come into play in order to make a vehicle a must-have. In the next couple of days I will detail more on what TH!NK did to meet (or miss) some of these objectivves.