Electric cars: buy ZEVs not SUVs !

A while ago I read about electric cars and the models the different caremakers will bring onto the market soon, i.e. within 2011. I looked around the web and found the ones presented here below; what is often still difficult to find is the date sales will begin and their price.
Because I don't have the time I would like to have for blogging, this article is not really well written and the cars appear without any intended order.
As far as they say on their website, the Norwegian Think is the most widely distributed and used electric car up to now. Its makers plan to built a factory in the US as well. It is not really pretty - the Think looks like those small cars powered by noisy scooter engines, made by Aixam, that one can drive to a maximum speed of 45 km/h without a license in Spain.
Slightly more appealing in its looks but very small indeed is the American made Wheego Whip LiFe that was meant to go on sale in January, more information here.
Renault's Twizy is a very short two-seater, meant as a second car for the journey to work or to gain driving experience; Renault puts its autonomy at 100kms, calculates 3,5 hours for battery charging - and a price similar to a three-wheeled scooter. As far as I know it will be built in Valladolid, Spain, as the facilities there are underused because the Renault Modus never became popular... The Renault Fluence ZE is the very opposite of the Twizy: very long for European standards at 4,75 m and extremely ugly, or to put it differently, ordinary and boring. Its price will be between 21.000 and 26.000 EUR plus a monthly fee for the battery...
The Seat IBE, pictured above and on which an article in Spanish from business daily Expansión you can find here, does not come with a launch date or price yet; one does not even find it on the maker's homepage; it is quite a beauty, similar to VW's Scirocco.
Citröen's C Zero looks like a Smart or a tiny South Korean car but comes with four doors and, like most of its competitors, little extra space for luggage or groceries if all of its four seats are occupied. At 3,48 m it is about as short as this blogger's car, a Suzuki Wagon R+ (=the old Opel Agila) - 7 cm shorter to be exact; but that should be sufficient for the average user who does not want to travel with it. Its makers put the autonomy at "nearly" 150 km. On its Spanish website Citröen does not say anything about prices but offers a quote if one demands it...
The Peugeot Ion made it difficult to be discovered. All the PSA brands' websites are quite demanding as to one's internet connection and take for ever to open their fancy presentations while one would be happy to have a quick look on a few pictures and detailed written descriptions. As with other models, Citröen and Peugeot share a great part of their respective electric cars, i.e. the Peugeot Ion looks like the C Zero, only a little fancier and more expensive. One cannot get a catalogue yet, prices are not offered either, but Peugeot promises an electric bicycle and a scooter, too, for the nearer future.

Opel's Ampera has got thedimensions of a family car, reminding one of a Renault Megane or Opel Insignum but it is not as sleek as these latter. The website is very comfortable for browsing, the model is promised for late 2011, there is no price quoted (- and putting the address here destroyed my text settings; I can't get rid of the italics).
Studying its specifications one discovers that the Chevy Volt, that looks like a Honda Civic, is a hybrid vehicle, not a fully electric car. It is not really pretty, like most modern American cars, and has got a price tag of 41,000 USD. Apart from GM's web, I found this website with more information

The Nissan Leaf might be the closest equivalent to a normal car with an internal combustion engine. It looks like a VW Golf as to size and styling, offers five seats and some luggage room, a very accessible website that even tells one its price: 32,000 USD or EUR (not quite fair to European buyers) or less, depending on local subsidies for the purchase of a zero emissions vehicle.
Unfortunately, Toyota's iQ is still in its study phase, if I interpret this article correctly. As is VW's E Up, according to this website specialized in alternative energy.
As to my taste, I would stick with one of the small European EVs: they look nice and seem to offer good value for the money.

Other articles on electric vehicles I found on Google News:
Why we need more electric cars, here.
Big challenges to EV rollouts, here.