ELCAT is an electric vehicle manufacturer based in Järvenpää, Finland. It was owned by electricity producer Fortum. Elcat began working in 1974 to design electric cars for Nordic climate. The first prototypes were made in 1985 and the first commercial product was released in 1990. Production ceased in 2002, when Subaru dropped the van model and Elcat lacked the resources to design the systems of a new model. To date more than 160 cars have been made. Main users were Posti (post of Finland) and Stockholm-based delivery service. Now almost all cars are in second-hand use. Car models are: An electric vehicle is a vehicle whose motion is provided by electric motors. ... Järvenpää (IPA: /ˈjærÊ‹emËŒpæË/; Träskända in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland. ... Fortum (before 1998 IVO and Neste) is a Finnish public listed energy company which operates in Nordic countries and in Baltic countries and in Poland. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Nordic countries (Greenland not shown) The Nordic countries is a term used collectively for five countries in Northern Europe. ... Subaru (In katakana: スãƒãƒ«), a Japanese car company, is a subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries. ... Posti, or, in full, Suomen Posti Oyj (Finnish for The Finnish Post), is the Finnish state-owned postal service. ...
ElcatElectric Vehicles was established in 1985 with the aim of developing a commercial electric vehicle (EV) for urban delivery traffic.
So far we have manufactured approximately 200 ELCAT Cityvans which are all circulating in normal traffic all over the world and which have already covered over three million kilometers in daily commercial use.
The speciality of Elcat EVs is that they are made to perform reliably also in arctic conditions.
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