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1990s
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Pivco Industries

Pivco Industries

 

Pivco Industries was a Norwegian manufacturer of small automobiles in the 1990s. The brand name was Pivco.

History 

The company from Oslo began in 1991 with the production of automobiles.  Pivco stands for Personal Independent Vehicle Company.

The vehicles were micro cars with electric motors. The first model was the Piv 1. Of these, 15 were created by 1995. The following model was the Piv 2 The second-generation electric vehicle, also called City Bee. In cooperation with Norsk Hydro, a lightweight frame made was aluminium. The body consisted of plastic. The vehicle length was 280 cm. The maximum speed was indicated at 100 km / h. A total of 120 built.

1998 ended the production. Ford joined the company in late 1998. The new company was called Think Nordic AS. The first generation Think city was launched in 1998 at EVS 15 in Brussels. The car was developed by the PIVCO engineering with Lotus Engineering.

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