Genovation Cars

All right now, building on t Even in tough economic times, our Chris Van Cleave found that there'still hope that greening your ride could be a golden idea. It's very quiet and smooth, right? Technically the it's he's referring to is a 2001 Ford Focus, but t In fact, a Rockville company is betting it's the future. Genovation cars is serious about recycling, converting old gas powered Ford Focuses into electric cars. That's the sound of the ve There's no gas tank anymore, just a place to plug in. And w The main reason was to try to get electric cars on the road. We feel that there's a pent up demand from the public for ve Here are the guts of the new electric car. These are the batteries. There are 12 of them. They'recyclable and will last about two years or so before they need to be replaced. The maker the G1 converted focus is a prototype, but the company expects to begin taking orders for the $22,000 ve The production model will go 20 to 40 miles on a single charge at a cost of about two cents a mile, and already the city of Rockville is considering adding the cars to its fleet following their mayor's goal of being the greenest city in the world. Certainly as we replace ve So there's no impact to the environment. There's even a plan for a G2, a new electric car that's green through and through. In Rockville, Chris Van Cleave, ABC 7 News. And that's all now for ABC 7 News at 5.