CT&T United

CT&T United (Hangul:씨티엔티) is a manufacturer of battery electric vehicles including the eZone Medium Speed Vehicle and cZone low-speed vehicle based in South Korea. The CT&T eZone is the only electric vehicle of its type to pass the international crash test for passenger vehicles.[1]

CT&T United
TypePrivate
IndustryAutomotive
Founded2002 (2002)
HeadquartersSouth Korea
Key people
Young Gi Lee, CT&T President & CEO
Joseph J. White, CT&T United COO
ProductseZone & cZone
WebsiteHomepage

American assembly

CT&T United plans a "Regional Assembly and Sales" system, in which regional joint ventures in the United States would assemble cars in small factories.[2] On September 28, 2009 Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell announced the first two such sites would be in Pennsylvania.[3] On May 7, 2010, the company and Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle announced they would build a plant on the island of Oahu to manufacture up to 10,000 vehicles a year.[4]

Distributing in Japan

e-Zone is imported by Autorex, distributed by NAFCA (Nippon Automobile Fair Certificate Association). In Japan, eZone is classified under Kei car.

References

  1. http://www.ctntunited.com/#/ezone
  2. "CT&T ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR U.S. ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRODUCTION" (PDF) (Press release). CT&T United. 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  3. Sebastian Blanco. "Pennsylvania ready for 400 new jobs from CT&T's electric car plans". AutoblogGreen. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
  4. Greg Wiles. "Hawaii chosen as manufacturing site for electric mini-cars". Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
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