Thursday 9th March 1967

Ford introduced the Comuta electric car, with a top speed of 40 mph and a range of 40 miles, at the Geneva Auto Show. The vehicle was powered by four 12-volt 85-amp lead batteries. When it was fully charged, the car had a range of 60 kilometres (37 mi) at a speed of 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph), and was capable of a maximum speed of 60 kilometres per hour (37 mph). Only a handful Comutas were produced, as the vehicle was an experiment. The president of Ford told the New York Times that “cars like the Comuta could be available in five to 10 years.”