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Genovation selects Tata Technologes to design and prototype the G2
5/11/2010
Genovation Cars Inc., a Maryland designer and builder of environmentally friendly automobiles, announced that it has selected and contracted with Tata Technologies to design and prototype its G2 model. Tata Technologies was one of four design firms vying for the Genovation contract. Tata Technologies’ parent company, Tata Motors, recently purchased the Jaguar and Land Rover automobile lines from Ford Motor Company.
The G2 model that Tata will develop will incorporate Genovation’s research and development that went into its G1 model, an electric conversion of a Ford Focus. The conversion included the installation of an electric motor, battery string,…
Ford Focus Electric Conversion by Genovation (Modern Racer)
7/10/2009
Genovation Cars of Rockville, Maryland, is offering a low-budget alternative to those who want a conventional-looking electric vehicle, but without dishing out the dough for a Volt or a Tesla.
Run by Andrew Saul, Genovation Cars modifies pre-owned 2000-2004 Ford Focus sedans, wagons, and hatchbacks, removing their internal combustion powertrains and replacing them with complete electric drive components.
The conversion, called the Genovation G1, costs $22,000 plus tax, with the vehicle delivered five months after ordering. The process starts with a $2,500 down payment, and a clean accident-free Focus has to be supplied by the customer. Otherwise…
Genovation Featured in EV World Podcast
5/21/2009
By EV World Podcast
Article Published: May 21, 2009
One hundred years ago, there were nearly 100 electric car manufacturers in America. By 1920, nearly all were extinct. Now they're roaring back with a vengeance.
One of those new firms is Rockville, Maryland startup Genovation Cars. Beginning where all hopeful car company's start, it produced its first electric car, the converted Ford Focus pictured above on the Washington Mall, and opened its doors for business.
Andrew Saul, the scion of Washington, D.C. real estate mogul B.F. Saul II, is the company president and CEO. He,…
Genovation Offers Electric Versions of Ford Focus (Greencar.com)
5/20/2009
If you hang around long enough, there’s a pretty good likelihood that ideas will resurface in new and interesting ways. Such is the case at Genovation Cars of Rockville, Maryland (www.genovationcars.com). Under the direction of founder, president, and CEO Andrew Saul, Genovation Cars aims to give new life to pre-owned 2000-2004 Ford Focus sedans, wagons, and hatchbacks, doing away with their internal combustion powertrains and replacing them with electric drive components.
The conversion, called the Genovation G1, costs $22,000 plus tax with the vehicle delivered five months after ordering. The process starts with a $2,500 down…
GreenlightAC, Genovation make electric car inroads (WBJ)
5/18/2009
(Washington Business Journal - by Vandana Sinha Staff Reporter)
Area businesses and bureaucrats are making the same bet: Electric cars will not go the way of some dot-coms — hyped, hailed then disdainfully discarded.
They’re ramping up their investments to produce, support and buy electric-powered cars, giving the nascent industry a considerable head start from many of its other alternative fuel peers. They say the electric car movement has many drivers — $2.4 billion in stimulus money, $7,500 in federal tax incentives for electric-car buyers, an auto industry set to roll out next-generation electric cars by the…
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