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powered by Verdict on Cars As sales plummet, Nice electric car company goes under Electric car sales have more than halved this year. Just 156 were sold from January to October 2008, compared to 374 for the same period in 2007, down 58%. The figures come as one of London's two electric car ...
Electric car sales slump
Electric car sales slump
whatcar.co.uk — 03 December 2008 Electric car seller the Nice Car Company has gone into administration following the slump... in the sales of electric cars. The company had been selling an all-electric version of the French-made Aixam Mega, and was planning to sell a ... (more) Electric car sales slump
Worst Sales Performance of Any Car: Toyota Prius
Worst Sales Performance of Any Car: Toyota Prius
treehugger.com — I am sorry for continuing a rant here. The heads of the auto companies are driving nine... hours to Washington for their bailout pleas; I am sure many would rather see them crawl. I am not a cheerleader for General Motors and the Detroit auto ... (more) Worst Sales Performance of Any Car: Toyota Prius
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As sales plummet, Nice electric car company goes under
Peak Oil News — ... car distributors, Nice Car Company, was put into administration. Set up in 2006 by ex-Lotus colleagues Julian Wilford and Evert Geurtsen, Nice had been selling an all-electric version of the French-made Aixam Mega. It had also planned to expand its range by the end of the year, selling a Chinese-made two-seater called MyCar and five-seat MPV called the Ze-O. However, administrators were called in last week following a torrid year in which sales fell to fewer than one car a week. Reuters UK

DrumBeat: December 4, 2008
The Oil Drum — ... in Spain Call it irrational exuberance or greed. Companies that couldn't get enough solar panels to build power plants in Spain earlier this year are now trying to sell megawatts worth of panels at a deep discount. Second biggest off shore wind farm in the world to be built off UK One of the biggest offshore wind farms in the world is to be built eight miles of the North Wales coast, despite local protests. As sales plummet, Nice electric car company goes under Electric car sales have ...

UK Electric Car Distributors on the Brink as EV Sales Plummet
Earth2Tech — NICE Car Company, one of London’s two electric-vehicle distributors, entered administration yesterday. That’s akin to filing for bankruptcy, a term that does not apply to companies in Britain. Going Green, which distributes the G-Wiz, a popular electric two-seater, is also struggling as sales have slowed to fewer than one ...

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