Thank you for this test! A couple of things! The Sodium battery was not an “earlier” battery, it was the normal battery though the life of the model (in Norway and Europe). And while it is true, that to keep the salt molten, the car has to be plugged in to the mains, it is far from as bad as you make it sound! The battery is very weil isolated and has an internal warming element the will keep the temperature up for many days by using energy from the battery! Upon reaching a low SOC it will run a cooling down/freezing program, to unfreeze an Zebra battery (the name of the battery), takes a couple of days, (haven’t tried that) I have 3 Think City’s at the moment, one running and one that I hope will run eventually, and my first whit’s I keep for parts! My first Thin run for 120 000 Km, then I got a spear car with only 40 000 on the clock but with a death battery! I put battery from my original car into the low kilometer car in where it has now run app. 10 000 km. And the capacity is just the same as it was when I first bought the first car 5 years ago! But it has to be to say that it is time (mostly due to the heat stress of 300 c. for years) that kill then of, knock wood but my battery is fine so fare! :-)

... Norwegia should have just punted and called it a *"Fjord".*

If you wait long enough under the sunlight, it will turn white.

For a car that looked like it came off a 3D printer, it looks like a nice car.

Ever whondered why we in "Norwegia" Don't make cars? Well now you know.

"I'm not planning to get in a car. I don't why I opened the doors" *proceeds to get in the car*

"Angry asthmatic squirrel" made me LMAO about 5 seconds after you dropped that line. Had to pause to laugh. Bravo!

He honestly has a better & more entertaining personality than Doug DeMuro

2:10 Thank you for converting the battery pack capacity into a more relevant unit of measure. DIED LAUGHING!

At Ford's Technical Centre in Dunton UK, the management used these basically as golf carts to get around the facility. They had a special charging place by the front door and even as a kid visiting my dad's work on an open day, I can still remember seeing how up close the plastic on these things reminded me of those Fisher Price outdoor playsets that are clearly made from recycled plastic.

Back when I was a teenager I had a hobby of collecting car brochures and got one from the Ford-era Th!nk for some reason. I'm amazed they lasted as long as they did. I figured it died fifteen years ago.

I lived 2 miles from Purdue’s campus for about 6 years and there were 2 of these always driving around, I had no idea what they were, until now

I'm obviously late to the ball, but an interesting fact I found is that the listed price for a new 2002 Th!nk was around 160' NOK which translates to around 16' USD. How they managed to list it at 36' USD in 2011 is mindblowing...

My first car was a Citroen AX mk2 diesel powered turd. I loved it and I still miss it. It had a 53 horse power old school tractor sounding diesel engine and similar to the Th!nk, it had a glass boot but the lower half was made of actually decent plastic. Never had any issued with it. And contrary to my current car, it had an amazing mileage, about 75 mpg!

I died with the sound of the steering pump hahahahaha

My dad almost started working at the Th!nk factory but, they didn't offer a good enough pay for him to accept, a few months later the factory shut down. He did not regret his choice. there is still quite a few of these around here in Norway.

the speedo is rather mocking considering it's fixed speed limitation.

I do remember hearing about the ThInk City a while back when NEVs (Neighborhood Electric Vehicles) were a big deal in the news...then the whole thing just seemed to drop off the face of the Earth and I never heard anything more about them.

It's got lamborghini diablo tail lights!!

11:20 Mac n Cheese Ram is in the driver window. 11:21 Mac n Cheese Ram is behind the Th!nk 11:31 Mac n Cheese Ram is in front. I'm calling hax.

I love seeing these videos in my notifications

Not only have a heard about it.. a friend of my worked at the factory as a logistics paper pusher over a few years The sodium battery should last about 72 hours with out recharging. The thing is. When the car is driven, the batteries freeze up as the batteries get discharged. This is actually how the energy is stored.. So the car is losing a stedy state of range when its not in the charger. This is actually true about all electric cars, but for a modern lithium powered car, we are really talking about years, not days

Neighbor down the street had one for a couple of years and always drove it around town. I did notice that the plastic was slowly fading. Last year he replaced it with a Volt.

I got to ride in a Ford Th!nk in New York City back in 2000 during The American Tour De Sol. The one I rode in was Blue and from what I remember it was pretty peppy. Thanks for bringing back the memories. I was there as a competitor and I had nearly forgotten about the ride in the Th!nk.

If it goes faster than 5 mph in drive, it's already better than your Wheego! lol

2:20 omg i love how he spelles battery backwords :)))))

I really like your video style....would never own any of these cars you tape...but i like the fact that your preserving history of these orphans...

Fun Fact: The prince in Norway still owns one of these to this day lol

Why do the vehicles you drive evolve more and more into a power wheels jeep?

A sub 25k price, electric power steering and an modern 30 kw battery this would work. Today. I know it would be an awesome second car in the Caribbean. This is what I would hope an Honda electric car would be like. More quality slightly more room and an sub 30k price. Hopefully just as basic. Manual controls and analog gauges.

Youre a hidden gem, never stop making videos.

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A THINK CITY VIDEO FOR SO LONG!!! Thanks!!!!!

12:41 Lucky he didn't see that white car almost sideswipe him, he would've freaked out!

Ok, this is strange. I saw one of these last week here in Monterey California, and though to myself that I should take a pic of this and send it to you to see if you have seen one. Obviously you have! Thanks for the vid, now when I see it again, I'll ask the owner about it and see if I can get more info!

Great Video! I live in Elkhart, In. and I have been an electric car Enthusiast for many years. The first Electric car I ever drove/ worked on was the Commuta Car. My career experience is in Electronics, so when I heard that Think was coming to Elkhart, I had visions of working for the company. I was delivering pizza at the time and saw how the Think would be valuable to deliver pizza. I got ahold of a representative of the company ( who drove down from Detroit, I found out later)for a test drive. I got to drive the car around Elkhart. I mentioned what I wanted to use it for and the Rep somehow thought I wanted buy a fleet of them for the pizza company. I repeated multiple times in the original call that I wanted to test ONE for my own use. So as the test drive ended, the rep seriously wanted to know how many I wanted to buy, when I said I was only interested in one, I got the distinct impression he was under the impression I would buy quantity.... I got a tour of the "Factory " and saw maybe 20 vehicles in process.. I found out this factoid.. the car was about 90% built in Norway, and shipped to Elkhart for the tail light system to be installed and a few other things put on the car to make it U.S. road legal. I was told that the tail lights were different in Norway and that it would NOT meet U.S. auto standards as is from Norway.. So Elkhart was more of a staging facility than an actual 'from-raw-materials-to-complete -car' factory I thought it was. I very much enjoyed the drive and got more enthused about E-Drive vehicles. Think did not have any lease program in force, so purchase was only option, so sticker price was definitely a non-starter... after the tour, I realized that a career there for me was essentially nonexistent. As a side note, the next town east , Mishawaka, Is the home of a Chinese Electric car company that is re-tooling the former H2 Hummer plant for U.S. Sales... I know next to nothing about this company, but am keeping eyes and ears open to what they can produce there.. This is where to start if you are interested... www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=www.southbendtribune.com/news/business/sf-motors-unveils-electric-vehicles-to-be-made-in-mishawaka/article_4ba28606-fe2e-5889-b5c1-ffade0d140cb.amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwi8z7u2443gAhUr7IMKHeS3AbYQFjAAegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw0NVk2NMks37IEXfdMwTYuq&ampcf=1&cshid=1548585771701

You would not believe how excited I get when you upload a video! You're awesome

Having left Norway in 2012, I did not expect to ever see an ELBIL* again...! So this is a very pleasant surprise! Saw these little buggers parked everywhere in Oslo when I used to frequent it (something to do with huge financial and mobility incentives to go electric, which they dropped when everyone got Teslas and it clogged the initiative to death), they were a bit of a joke, but with their relative ubiquity, they must've been doing something right! (*"Bil" meaning "car", so ELectric car. No one ever called these by their brand name, just "ELBIL" in a somewhat snide tone to denote their joke status. I assume e-cars since then have taken on a bit of a better image...!)

Norwegia lol

5:48 I lost it at the furiously vibrating vacuum pump.🤣😆

Yet another awesome video, been looking forward to a new one :)

that subtitle scene was great, do more fourth wall breaking stuff

I just love your videos, And sarcastic humor (souds like me)

Awesome concept, ahead of its time

I love how you were undermined by subtitles

This is the original Focus Electric, you know, from the old Focus

1:37 into the video; I already recognize the door handles as being from a Ford Mondeo Mk III or a circa 2006 American Ford Fusion.

Oh, man, I love your sense of humor!

I’m not all too interesten in cars, but your commentary is so hilarious I’m having a great time watching all your videos!

0:22 is that the yellow electric pyramid car from the oil crysis in the background or is it just me?

I had a 1979 Chevy Chevette and it did 16 seconds in the quarter mile! :-)

Now that is the cutest car I have ever seen.

Very funny and informative! Not my first time watching. First time commenting. Good stuff!!

Cool! I have been waiting for someone to review it, I don't th!nk Fully Charged ever did.

I live in Arizona. I'd go out to my driveway and find a pile of pink goo where the car was.

Thanks to you bro. I saw one of these the other day in coconut grove florida. Hung out until the owner came back to his car and got to check it out. Cool beans man

Thank you for making the conversion

12:40 It's better than that pos 90's cavalier it's passing. Had one have the door and engine mounts rot out and drop off

! th!nk th!s th!ng !s !nterest!ng still wouldn't choose to buy one though. ! ! [___]

I'm so happy to see the notification pop up! Love it!

I think you’re growing a new interest in weird small cars, haha. Love it

T.H.BANG.N.K... City. Had me laughing too much, had to rewind 😂

I hope you review the Troll car too.

Hertz in Palo Alto, CA used to rent these. We called it "The Cooler" in honor of its plastic exterior. The rear hatch was quite nice.

Thanks for the video!

Isn't plentiful hydroelectric power the reason Norway and neighboring countries have so many Teslas?

Norwegia? Oh right that's next to Canadia and Germania.

Love this vid man. Never knew this car existed

I've only heard of liquid salt batteries being used in very temporary engines, like ones that are designed to only last for about a minute before being destroyed completely. i never would have guessed a car would use one

You seem to have a strange love for these cars, doctor. ;)

Did you actually just say "Norwegia"?

Hell yes the first video on my reccomended. Ive been waiting for another video haha

I love the bit with you cruising right next to a bright blue cavalier

12:36 Easy there, Cruze.

Aside from Doug DeMuro, your my favourite youtuber.

I would want a tiny electric car like this with 2 seats, a tiny trunk, and batteries that I can bring into my apartment and charge indoors then bring them back out and plug them in. Only need like 30-50 mile range to get around town, as I can't ride a bike or walk any significant distance, but I don't drive far.

I totally lost it at the “furiously vibrating vacuum pump”

is that a 2002 ford focus steering wheel?

0:19 citicar comutacar in the far right

I don't know why but the part where he says people in cities occasionally like to still things gets me everytime

Thank you for finding all of the weird small electric cars aging wheels. Now do a video on one of those weird golf cart type electric cars that came out around 08 and were limited to 40 or 45mph they have a egg shape roof. That would make an interesting video

If you th!nk Norways contribution to the electric car market is bad, you should see Denmark's. Look up "Ellert" on google.

Why does it have hood vent

I remember these. Looks like this new model has come a long way compared to the ones 20 years ago. My father had one around the year 2000. Was more at a workshop getting fixed than on the road. The final trip with the car resulted in a broken drive shaft because it couldn't handle the immense power from the 25 HP motor in his model. He told the dealer which ditch it was stuck in and that he didn't want to see it again. Oh, and the user manual literally said to not use the heater in the winter (if you had the electric one), which is why many had diesel heaters. Norway also have strict regulations regarding swapping battery packs for other types, forcing you to use the same type as the old one. Swapping a Think battery pack costs around 15.000 USD, so most are just paperweights now.

2:20 Oh geez... I nearly fell off the sofa from laughing so hard! Thanks, I needed that. 🤣

Suomi mainittu!!

T H ! N K

Looks adorable.

Excellent review and a wonderful channel and style! Keep it up!! You should do merchandise, t-shirts or caps etc..

dang, that thing weighs more than my 4 door 06 rio and has less than half the power, that really sucks

Geez, I feel old. I remember seeing these on display at the NAIAS where - if memory serves - they showcased the small hatchback, a golf cart-esque vehicle, and I think a small sedan.

Just saw one today in Pori, Finland. Never heard of it before. Had to check this because of that.

Yeh norwegian car !

Back then they wanted $36,000 dollars for this trash? This car makes the Prius look like high luxury.

It may be because I grew up with the Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, but I just absolutely adore the aesthetics of this Th!nk City car.

"underminded by a subtitle" - loving it

8:31 "soft cups only" puts in a glass bottle

Where is norwigia?

I like the fact that it was built in Elkhart, Indiana. He's right about the RVs that are built there, but I'm reminded of the VPG MV-1, a wheelchair van that's bulit in nearby Mishawaka.

I live in Elkhart Indiana and i must say, i was looking forward to the shout out and by god you dropped a lovely truth bomb. Subscribed

Better then Doug demuro