Current Trends in the Electric Hatchback Industry

As many people might know from taking a look at some of the other electric industries, a lot of the progress in full electrification does not come from the major car companies but rather from entrepreneurial types that are willing to put things forward and see what happens.  While many of the Japanese car companies have come out with exceptional hybrid models, the electric ones are still quite a ways away.  This is especially true for hatchbacks.

The area of industry where electric hatchbacks have made the most inroads would have to be the smaller demand areas.  For example, billionaire entrepreneur Miles Rubin has created an electric four-door hatchback known as the ZX40.  This exceptional hatchback costs around $15,000 a pop, but has nothing to do when it comes to being able to replace conventional minivans because it lacks a lot of power.  That having been said, it is suitable for areas that have a lot of flat ground and no hills.  There are many areas like that in the United States and to date hundreds of the vans have been purchased by organizations like NASA, the Armed Forces and universities around the country.

The hope of Rubin and many that have looked at his design is that this type of electric hatchback will be able to stimulate more designs in the coming years.  This car was introduced in 2007 and as of yet there has been precious little done to supersede it.  The fact that the armed forces were willing to purchase it however is very interesting news indeed.