For years, Dale Brooks has confined most drives in his electric vehicle to quick neighborhood trips around his Houston home.
An obsolete US law has long limited the speed limit for neighborhood electric vehicles at 25 miles per hour. They can only go faster in states that adopt their own laws overriding the federal one.
Texas has finally joined their ranks. As of September 1, even neighborhood electric vehicles are able to drive up to *45 miles per hour. In a state like Texas
QUOTE FROM BARRY SMITHERMAN, CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXAS PUC:"Electric vehicles address so many issues for us as a country and a state. By making your next vehicle an electric vehicle we can improve air quality, enhance America's energy security, and create new jobs." (reported in Houston Chronicle, 11/13/09.)
Houston Electric Cars now sells a big variety of all-electric cars! Price range is presently discounted, from under $7,000, to $12,600. Lines we sell are (1) the prestigeous "Zenn," the most elegant of all NEVs, now with air conditioning, new and used, now a huge discount available ! ; (2) the Zap, the quirky 3 wheeled electric car and truck that has been sold more than any other e-vehicle in the world, with 100,000 sold in 75 countries during the past 15 years, (3) the "Sky" which offers several sizes of stripped-down street-legal NEVs with detachable plastic sides, and even an e-pickup truck ! four different Sky models, all well under $10,000 !! . And (4), the e-convertible, the "Benjy Electro". We believe we may be the first electric car dealer in America to offer a true e-convertible. It is currently discounted to $8k. The Zenn, the Zap, the Sky, and the Benjy Electro can be seen and test driven at our location near the ballpark ! Some have solar roof panel options.
They are all beautiful. Come see/ test drive a Zenn here, or read up on them at www.ZennCars.com . See Zaps in www.Zapworld.com . You can see/ test drive the Sky here, or read more re the Sky on www.sky-ev.com . And finally, we stock the Benjy Electro !! Benjy has no website, just email us for specs etc.
WE ALSO BUY AND SELL USED E-CARS. CHECK WITH US TO SEE WHAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. GREAT DEALS AVAILABLE, AS LOW AS $ 5000.
Many people who have researched the electric car market are aware of the street legal "NEV" or neighborhood electric vehicle, (story continued, click below)
10) Because today's all-electric NEV type car is the perfect 2nd or 3rd car.
9) For the big fat tax credit you'll get !!
8) You are tired of people claiming to be "green" when they are not--the all electric car is the ONLY green car, and the true ZERO emissions "green".
7) You are a bit of a pioneer, and your good example can help show others the way.
6)The Zenn and other E-Cars get equivalent to 245 miles per gallon minimum, in city traffic.
5) There are many fuel efficient cars now-- however even the best of them, the latest hybrid, is just a slightly better gas guzzler which -though it creates half the emissions of its non-hybrid brother, the hybrid of today still creates massive carbon gas emissions (4 to 6 tons per year), see "CARBON GAS" section.
4) The Zenn, Zap, Sky, and Benjy are street-legal on all Texas streets having up to a 45 mph speed limit. Any time you are in your car but not on a highway, think to yourself, "I could be driving an e-car right now, same speed, same comfort, no gas/ expense, and no pollution." Do it ! And they are cheap.
3) You have plenty of short or medium trip driving anyway, so why burn unneeded gasoline? Why pollute when you don't need to ? Have you actually read about carbon gas from cars? It will turn your stomach. Check your own car on www.fueleconomy.gov .
2) The electricity is very cheap, only 6.2 kwh of electricity recharges an E-Car from 0 to 100%, costing 80 cents, around 2 cents per mile. Most e-car drivers find they average only 40 cents per nite. And the carbon gas generated by this amount of electricity is nothing compared to a gas car driving 40 miles. See Carbon Gas section for number comparisons.
1) To save money on gas now. The E-Car (NEV) is here now, ready for you! Huge discounts make it dirt cheap for the electric car, the greatest thing since fire, sex, or rock'n'roll.
We have easy low cost financing including leases, also cheap insurance!
Hurricane Ike got you down? Tired of gas lines and high prices? No electricity? Here is a great solution. As of September 2008, Houston Electric Cars Corp is pleased to announce that you can now buy a Wind or a Solar Charging System here, separately or along with your all-electric e-car car. We offer a variety of systems, the quick easy
