Title: RESNA SIG-11 Dist List - First factory-built wheelchair-accessible vehicle hits the market

15mpg!!!!!

The European accessible taxis get three times that!

 

 

Barry

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-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alisa Brownlee
Sent: 28 September 2011 00:45
To: National ALS Association AT Listserv; PS Chapter Listserv
Subject: First factory-built wheelchair-accessible vehicle hits the market

 

Passing this along.

Alisa

 

Alisa Brownlee, ATP

Clinical Manager, Assistive Technology Services

ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) Association National Office

 and Greater Philadelphia Chapter

Direct Phone: 215-631-1877

 

 

 

From: David L. Jaffe [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tue 9/27/2011 7:22 PM
To: RESNA SIG-11 Distribution List
Subject: RESNA SIG-11 Dist List - First factory-built wheelchair-accessible vehicle hits the market

First factory-built wheelchair-accessible vehicle hits the market
From: Autoweek - 09/23/2011
By: Michelle Koueiter

Before Wednesday, the only wheelchair-accessible vehicles available to the
public were aftermarket conversions that generally came with structural
modifications and a price tag ranging from $50,000 to $80,000.

Now, a startup company called the Vehicle Production Group (VPG) has released
the first vehicle specifically assembled to accommodate people in
wheelchairs, with an MSRP of $39,950.

The vehicle is called the MV-1, which stands for Mobility Vehicle 1, and it
was built for the disabled community.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110923/CARNEWS/110929934#ixzz1ZArKb3bh

Links:
Vehicle Production Group
http://www.vpgautos.com/

MV-1 Launch Event (video 39:08)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxKk8zgj-EM

Groundbreaking MV-1 puts disabled in the driver's seat
http://detnews.com/article/20110922/OPINION03/109220355/Groundbreaking-MV-1-puts-disabled-in-the-driver%C2%92s-seat

New American Car Company Debuts Vehicle for the Disabled
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/09/21/new-american-car-company-debuts-vehicle-for-disabled/

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