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Taiwanese Company Luxgen Displays EVs in Dubai

 
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Luxgen EV+

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While some automakers downsized and reorganized in response to the "Great Recession" one Taiwanese brand made its worldwide debut at the Dubai International Motor Show late last month.  

Luxgen, an electric vehicle start-up, put four vehicles on display at the show, one of which, they called the first seven-passenger electric vehicle in the world - a claim that's hard to refute. Though the Tesla Model S will seat 7, two of those seats are designed for small children.

Luxgen's other contributions to the show were a "luxury executive transportation vehicle, (Luxgen CEO), a luxury MPV (Luxgen MPV) and a Luxury SUV (Luxgen7SUV)."

Luxgen's seven-passenger people mover is called the EV+ and it looks eerily similar to the six-passenger Mazda5. The company partnered with Taiwanese smart phone maker, HTC, to employ an impressive array of technologies in the vehicle, including a night-vision forward-looking camera and a 360-degree imaging system that sounds a lot like Infiniti's Around View Monitor.

The new EV maker will initially market the vehicles in the Middle East although the CEO luxury car will be built to order. Deliveries are expected some time this year.

Source: The Auto Channel, Luxgen





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  1. By Jason M. Hendler Posted: 1/4/2010 12:40pm PST

    Glad you posted this. Another article mentioned that their propulsion system was either sourced or licensed from AC Propulsion, so it's a cousin of the Tesla Roadster.
     
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  2. By Roy Posted: 1/4/2010 8:30pm PST

    Never thought that mini-van style might evolve into a luxury car. I guess I'm old fashioned thinking limousine. But given a very conservative paint job it looks to fit well with dark tinted rear windows and suicide rear doors, both fitting for a chauffeur driven car.
    Don't get me wrong, I think its a great car!
     
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  3. By  funnypicture1 Posted: 1/21/2010 4:07am PST

    I also guess I'm old fashioned thinking limousine
     
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  4. By  Thomas Posted: 3/15/2010 4:42am PDT

    Wow!Luxgen, an electric vehicle is similar to the six-passenger Mazda5. I m looking forward to this car.
     
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  5. By Arun vivek Posted: 8/26/2010 2:04pm PDT

    Thank you for the post about the Luxgen car.Luxgen has nice-looking,it has an electric vehicle start-up.seven passengers can travel at one time.so it is amazing.
     
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