https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Electric_Vehicles#Bankruptcy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Electric_Vehicles#Bankru... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Electric_Vehicles#Bankruptcy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Electric_Vehicles#Bankru... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZAP_Xebra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZAP_Xebra A few companies tried this in the 2000s, but went bankrupt or stopped selling in the US. Some of their models met safety standards but a few failed after the fact. The Zap was interesting in that they tried to make it a motorcycle. The first generation had a carbon fiber body and met the braking requirements, but the subsequent steel bodied models failed the braking test by a few feet and forced a recall.