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G8 Summit Powered by GEM NEVs

The debut today of this year's G8 summit will also witness the introduction of GEM e4 electric vehicles, which will be used for the transport of the heads of states attending the event. 33 units of the e4 have been delivered by the Chrysler Group in L’Aquila, Italy, through GEM's Italian distributor, Geo Europa, who will also provide on-site assistance.

Global Electric Motorcars is proud to collaborate with Fiat Group in providing GEM electric vehicles at the G8 Summit,” Rick Kasper, Global Electric Motorcars president said in a release. “This further validates the importance of neighborhood electric vehicles as a green transportation solution."

GEM e4 provides the equivalent of 150 miles (241 kilometers) per gallon. It is powered by six 12-volt flooded electrolyte batteries for a range of up to 30 miles on a charge. As does the e2, the e4 features a heavy-duty DC motor with continuous 5 horsepower rating and 12 horsepower peak during acceleration and hill climbing.

The switch to this type of transportation means, although it is poised to gives security officers headaches, has been determined by the main agenda of this year's summit: energy efficiency and climate change.

As for the ones who provided the vehicles, Global Electric Motorcars, it is a Chrysler Group company. So far, the manufacturer has on the market six GEM passenger and utility cars, most of them street legal.

So far, GEM says it has no less than 40,000 such vehicles on the road, which have driven 350 million emission-free miles, and have saved more than 16 million gallons of gasoline.
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