The company bearing the recently-revived name of historical significance, Detroit Electric, announced that the first cars it’s going to make will be manufactured in Holland, not Detroit. This news comes only days after it was announced that they had still not finalized talks which would allow them to be able to use a production facility in Wayne County, in Michigan.
The Detroit News reports that aside from the manufacturing grounds constraint, there’s also the problem of “trying to secure Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Certification in order to start production in the US.”
Apparently, production at the unspecified Dutch location is due to start sometime during the fourth quarter of this year. However, no details are given as to how and when these Euro-made, Lotus-based EVs will reach US shores, or regarding the possible start of Stateside production – it is the stated goal of the company, after all, to be Detroit Electric.
Currently, the situation isn’t looking too rosy for them, but who knows, maybe this whole Eurotrip deal will work out, and they will get enough revenue, recognition and credibility to actually make things happen in the direction that they want to go in: making cars in and supporting the economy of Detroit.
By Andrei Nedelea
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