Where can I buy a street legal electric car?

Question

Where can I buy (today) an electric car that is street legal?

Answer 1

Assuming you're not willing to plunk down $98k for a Tesla Roadster, your best bet at the moment is a ZAP Xebra.

http://greenhome.huddler.com/products/za...

ZAP has dealerships all over the place and you can order them online (or any of their other products like electric bikes, scooters, mopeds, etc.)

http://www.zapworld.com/electric-vehicle...

Or if you're wiling to wait until July, you can get the first affordable ($20k) highway speed EV - the Green Vehicles Triac.

http://greenhome.huddler.com/products/gr...

But they currently only have dealerships in California (San Jose and Mill Valley).

http://www.greenvehicles.com/

Answer 2

check out "Zenn electric cars" on the web there all over the states, but they only go 26 mph, but there are some people that can reprogram the controler to get 47 mph

Answer 3

Are you looking to buy new or used?  I've heard of Zenns and Teslas for new electric cars as being kind of expensive but if you're industrious you can build your own.  Kits to convert existing cars are out there and you can do it or have it done for under $20000.

Answer 4

Zap in Sebastopol, CA