. Corbin Motors Sparrow Electric 3-Wheel Red Motorcycle Eco Car NmG Rare Classic

This rare original Corbin Motors Sparrow are treasure to come across. Corbin managed to crank out 289 Sparrows before closing shop. This is one of them -- one of 289 in this "Limited Edition Second Generation" body style. Its 20-kilowatt DC motor produced the equivalent of 25 hp. Most of its 1. 50-lb weight was due to crude lead-acid batteries -- this is primitive electric vehicle technology. the Windows ME of EVs. It takes 4-6 hours to charge at a 110-volt socket. Built by Mike Corbin of motorcycle seat fame. the Sparrow was meant to be the three-wheeled city runabout of the future -- driven by the sort of mid-90s optimism that envisioned us riding around in near-silent bubble cars. grinning with the reassurance that our transportation efficiency had been honed to a single-serving maximum. In 1996. attendees at the San Francisco Auto Show sure believed it. At that time. the only electric vehicle was the GM EV1; Toyota's newfangled Prius was a Japanese-only exotic upon which we could wistfully gaze from afar.