GEM Peapod
The GEM Peapod was designed to be user-friendly, with the newly designed center console that incudes iPod and hands-free iPhone integration; ergonomic mesh seating, which enables air circulation for comfort; and use of recycled and recyclable materials. The Peapod is scheduled for production starting in 2009, while GEM itself will be renamed “GreenEcoMobility.”
The Peapod is the first in a planned series of product launches that will redefine the future of electric vehicles, said the company’s CEO Bruce Coventry. Additional vehicles to be produced within the next year are a light-duty, electric commercial truck and a larger city electric vehicle, with more range and performance.
GEM is the largest electric vehicle manufacturer, with 38,000 produced. GEM vehicles are used in city centers, planned communities, military bases, college campuses, commercial centers, and parks.
GEM cars are available as passenger cars (seating two, four, and six people) and as utility vehicles (in three forms). Neighborhood electric vehicles have a top speed of 25 miles per hour, a range of up to 30 miles per charge (with regenerative braking), and are street legal in more than 40 states. The vehicles can be recharged with a standard 110-volt outlet in around six to eight hours.
GEM claims its vehicles have been driven a combined 200 million miles and averted more than 150 tons of pollutants from reaching the air, while saving 10 million gallons of gasoline.
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