80% of all Americans drive less
than 50 miles per day.
In 2009, the US Department of
Energy awarded over $2.4
billion in grants devoted to
battery technology and EV
research.
Current US president Barack
Obama has pledged to put
1 million electric vehicles
on US roads by 2015.
The French government
recently announced plans to
put 2 million electric vehicles
on the road by 2020.
In August 2009, the German
government announced plans
to put 1 million electric vehicles
on the road by 2020.
The time is now. The time is now to forget everything you knew or heard about electric vehicles in the past. Forget about slow, heavy cars with the
aerodynamics of a brick and the handling of an overloaded shopping
cart. Forget about ridiculous charging times and highly exaggerated
range claims between them. The fact is, there has never been a better
time to consider owning and driving an electric vehicle.
In the early 1900s, there were many electric vehicle manufacturers in the United States. For a time, it even
looked as though we were headed in that direction. But advances in the internal combustion engine, cheap,
readily available crude oil, and of course, the oil companies all steered the nation down the path of gasoline
powered vehicles. The first energy crisis of the mid-seventies renewed interest in electric cars, but without
the Detroit automakers on board, battery technology seriously lagged behind. Utilizing heavy, bulky lead acid
batteries, most EVs could only squeeze 35-50 miles from a recharge. Nevertheless, EV enthusiasts across the
globe soldiered on, converting gasoline-powered cars to EVs, driving them, and refining them along the way.
Small cottage -industry businesses catering to the EV enthusiast sprang up, manufacturing and selling parts
and sharing their knowledge. Huge strides have been made in the past five years, especially in battery and recharging technology. Though still expensive, new batteries are expected to dramatically decrease in price
over the next decade.
In 1999, a dedicated group of gearheads set out to produce an EV like no other. The goals were simple: to
produce a pure sports car with race car handling, real-world range, and jaw-dropping looks in an extremely
low-maintainance design. Think of an electric Ferrari ( without the Ferrari price tag! ) The Bastian
Electromotive Speed EV-9 was born.
We envisioned a safe, lightweight , fun -to-drive vehicle that is extremely well designed and engineered to deliver years of trouble-free driving. It weighs less than 2500lbs., will accelerate from rest to 60mph in less than four seconds, and will travel over 250 miles on a recharge. It is powered by twin-siamesed 11" series
wound DC electric motors and 108 state of the art 200ah lithium ion phosphate ( LiFePO4 ) batteries. With the
supplied charger, recharging is accomplished in less than 5 hours.
We invite you to browse our website and if you have any further questions, please contact us. Although we are
not accepting orders or deposits at this time, we will be in the near future. However, feel free to join team BE
for exclusive access to information, videos, exhibitions, and special offers you wont find elsewhere. We like
to think that we are building a car company like no one else has ever built before- a car company that is alot
less like big business....and alot more like one big family!
