As the automotive market gets tighter and less cars are being sold it seems that more young companies are coming up with alternative power vehicles to replace them. If you look at the way things are headed in the U.S. it is clear that GM is on its way out after 100 years, and the future of Chrysler is gloomy at best, but companies like Tesla, Fisker and now Detroit Electric are offering electric cars to anyone willing to invest in the future.
Detroit Electric is a new name on the horizon, but have been making news in the past month. The company is based out of the Netherlands and selling cars made in Malaysia. Currently they are looking for dealers in the U. S. to market and sell the companies upcoming electric vehicles and are doing it in a different way. Dealers must fill out a formal application to sell the vehicles starting in early July.
DE plans to have between 140 and 150 dealers all exclusively selling vehicles as the company will not allow dual dealerships. Every dealer selected will have to build or purchase a building that only sells Detroit Electric Products.
The vehicles are expected in the U.S. about 18 months from now with the company predicting around 40,000 first year sales. Considering the economy and origin of the cars plus the fact that no one has heard of Detroit Electric I’d have to say those numbers are very optimistic.
I for one would love to see these cars, but to date it doesn’t seem that they have been taking part in any of the numerous auto shows worldwide.
