About PA Electrics

PA Electrics came about because of a David Letterman interview with Tom Hanks. It sounds kind of funny, but it is true.

One night our company founder was unable to sleep, so he was watching David Letterman. Tom Hanks was Dave's guest that evening and he was on the show talking about his all electric car. (If you click on the link it will take you to the video of the interview on youtube.com.)

The cost of gas at the time was $1.89 a gallon. His commute back and forth to work cost around $40 a week to fill his vehicle with gas. The thought of not having to buy gasoline for a vehicle intrigued him. He began to search for more information about electric vehicles.

The more information he found, the more he began thinking seriously about starting a vehicle dealership that would sell various electric vehicles to the general public. He began researching funding for his business idea. Names were considered and rejected, until finally PA Electrics was registered with the Pennsylvania Department of State in June of 2004.

During his search for information about electric vehicles, he found several studies on the oil supply and gasoline prices. That Easter at a family gathering, he predicted that gasoline would reach over $2 per gallon by that summer. He was told that would never happen. "When pigs fly" was one of the phrases used. To the family's dismay, he was correct, however it actually was during the spring when gas reached over $2 a gallon.

The more information he uncovered, the more interested he became in the pure electric vehicle technology. Some interesting facts that he found were:

In the late 1800s Electric Vehicles outsold Gasoline Vehicles 10 to 1.
The first auto race in America was won by an Electric Vehicle.
The first car dealers sold Electric Vehicles.
There are currently more than 90 companies engaged in manufacturing electric vehicles worldwide.

In 2007, PA Electrics obtained funding to enable the renting of a retail location. He will be applying for a dealer license with the State of Pennsylvania, so that he can also sell highway speed electric vehicles. Until that process is completed, PA Electrics will only be selling electric bicycles and various off-road electric vehicles.

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PA Electrics will carry only electric powered vehicles of the highest quality, ranging from inexpensive bicycles and scooters, to the more expensive highway speed vehicles.