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By Danny King, Contributor


Norwegian electric-vehicle maker Think will start selling its City car in New York, in addition to a few other U.S. cities, later this year, as the company looks to compete with both established and independent automakers debuting battery-electric cars by the end of 2010.


Think, which earlier this year said it would invest $43.5 million building a factory in Indiana and would try to start selling the City in the U.S. later this year, didn't disclose which month it would debut the car in New York or say what other cities would have distribution.


Once owned by Ford Motor Co., Think appears to be on the rebound after being denied bailout funds by the Norwegian government in late 2008 and requiring bankruptcy protection early last year before getting financial support from investors, making a number of executive appointments and winning major new contracts in the drivetrain supply business.


Think, which also went bankrupt in 2006, last December began delivering the latest generation of its all-electric zero-emissions City compact car to European customers after restarting production at a new facility with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive in Finland.
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Tags: Plug-ins and Electric, Think, Electric Vehicle, Plug-in Car, Think City, U.S., Zero-Emissions

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