Vaporware and failed EV companies

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Chrysler ENVI program. Current status: Killed off once Chrysler got their bailout money despite claims that all the EVs above could make it to market in 2010. This program's conception and course is really shameful, even in my jaded opinion.
 
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Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and BMW electric motorcycles (and scooters). Current status: Vaporware for the whole lot.
 
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Piaggio MP3 PHEV. Current status: Vaporware from the perspective of US consumers. I'm not sure if it ever made it into production in congestion-charge-laden Europe.
 
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Miles EV. Current status: Vaporware, the company likely bankrupt (although I haven't seen confirmation of the same). Coda (and BYD) is in the same boat, although the former may have shipped one or two cars in California by now.
 
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Raytheon BluWave Hy-DRA. Offroad, hub-motored, A123-batteried BEV. Current status: NOT vaporware, but only available for your use if you're in the US military special forces. :oops:

On a very similar note:

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CERV Quantum Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle, an AWD diesel-electric hybrid. Current status: Similarly only available for killing brown people under the flag of the US military.
 
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Saab Aero X, which was to run on 100% ethanol. Current status: Dead, as is Saab itself after prolonged death throes.
 
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Audi A1 E-Tron. Current status: Vaporware, although an R8 E-Tron, plaything for the rich, is still reportedly undergoing testing and development.
 
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Edison2 Very Light Car. Current status: Vaporware despite its victory at the Automotive X-Prize.
 
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Brammo Empulse. Current status: Still vaporware, although Brammo at least has shipped a few Enertias to show that they're for real.
 
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Mini and Smart Electric Scooters, with Mini used in the sense of BMW, not as an adjective. Current status: Vaporware for both mini-companies' lineups.
 
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BMW C1-E. Current status: Vaporware, although it looks like at least one running prototype exists.
 
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Peraves E-Tracer, based on the BMW K-bike-based Monotracer. Current status: Vaporware, despite winning its class at the Automotive X-Prize.
 
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Piaggio NT3 city car, with 300cc hybrid powertrain option. Current status: Vaporware, and not destined for the US even if it materialized magically.
 
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Jaguar C-X75, supposedly a REEV with turbines (!) as the range extender. Current status: Need I even say it? Vaporware, of course. :eek:
 
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Toyota RAV4 EV. Current status: Vaporware, although its vapors (and the associated Toyota money) are seemingly all that's keeping Tesla afloat these days.
 
And that's all, folks. I'm caught up to the present date, having started back in 2008. A closing thought, of a BEV moon-bike that never saw the moon's surface:

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