Electric Car Corporation

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The Electric Car Corporation plc was an electric car manufacturer and dealer based in Mayfair, London with an assembly plant in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.{{citation

|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8026380.stm

|publisher=BBC News

|date=30 April 2009

|access-date=2009-04-30

|title=Four-seater electric car unveiled

}} It made and sold the Citroën C1 ev'ie, an electric car adapted from the Citroën C1. The car was first released on 30 April 2009 with a list price of £16,850 ($24,989 US).{{citation

|newspaper=The Times

|title=Electric Citroën C1 car is ready, but government grants are not

|last=Ben|first=Webster

|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article6194754.ece

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505180011/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article6194754.ece

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=5 May 2009

|date=30 April 2009

|access-date=2009-04-30

| location=London}}{{citation

|newspaper=Autocar

|date=30 April 2009

|title=Car Reviews – First Drive

|access-date=2009-04-30

|url=http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/FirstDrives/ECC-C1-Ev%27ie-30kw/239834/

}}{{citation

|title=The Electric Car Corporation Launches the Citroën C1 ev'ie – The UK's First 4 Seat All-Electric Production Car

|url=http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2009/04/29/458863.html

|newspaper=theautochannel.com

|date=30 April 2009

|access-date=2009-04-30

}}

The company was dissolved in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07164942|title=THE ELECTRIC CAR CORPORATION PLC – Overview|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk}}

The company was dissolved in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07164942|title=THE ELECTRIC CAR CORPORATION PLC – Overview|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk}} Starting with a complete vehicle, The Electric Car Corporation removed components from the new car such as the petrol engine, transmission and other unnecessary parts. These were sold to the motor trade to offset some of the price of the initial new vehicle purchase.