Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar and Comuta-Car: The Evolution of America’s Early Electric Microcar
Long before modern electric vehicles became mainstream, a small American company attempted to revolutionize urban transportation with a compact electric city car. The Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar and its successor, the Comuta-Car, were among the earliest mass-produced electric vehicles in the United States. Developed during the energy crisis of the 1970s, these wedge-shaped microcars demonstrated that electric…