The UK’s first four-seater electric car which can travel up to 70 miles without recharging has been unveiled. The 60mph vehicle, called the Citroen C1 ev’ie, will cost £16,850. The main body of the car, based on the Citroen C1, is being made in the Czech Republic in a joint venture by Toyota, Citroen and Peugeot. The Electric Car Corporation near Bedford aims to assemble 500 of them this year and hopes to make between 2,000 and 4,000 in 2010. The Citroen C1 ev’ie can be fully charged in six to seven hours from a domestic 13 amp socket for about 90p, according to the makers, the Electric Car Corporation (ECC). ECC chief executive David Martell said: ‘We believe this is the first serious alternative to a petrol or diesel car. ‘It drives just like a petrol car and has excellent capacity for use in any town or city in the UK.’ ‘Disappointed’ The cars are being assembled by a six-person team at Flitwick in Bedfordshire. The government recently unveiled plans in the budget to boost the industry, with subsidies of up to £5,000 on electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles but […]