Florida's Hopeful EV From The 1970s Is A Fantastic First Car
Golf Car Options|January 2018

The cheese-shaped Sebring-Vanguard Citicar was an obvious choice for a first car for Simone Giertz, Sweden’s most famous robotics enthusiast.

Florida's Hopeful EV From The 1970s Is A Fantastic First Car

If you don’t know who Simone Giertz is, subscribe to her channel, and get your geek on. If, however, you’re also not familiar with Commuter Vehicles Inc.’s Comuta-Car, let me take you back to the ‘70s right away!

Inspired by contemporary golf cart designs and the challenges raised by the first fuel crisis, the early 3.5-horsepower variant of the Citicar soon made Florida’s Sebring-Vanguard the sixth largest auto manufacturer by volume after GM, Ford, Chrysler, AMC, and Checker. Talk about some crazy times!

This story is from the January 2018 edition of Golf Car Options.

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