East German auto 'icon' might return as EV

Owners of Trabant name unveil all-electric vehicle, look for investors

FRANKFURT – A vastly updated version of the boxy, smoky Trabant compact made in communist East Germany could be in production by 2012 as an electric powered green machine

The nT retains the simple shape of the old version, the P 601 Universal Trabant, but will substitute its loud, two-stroke engine with a plug-in electric motor. Solar panels on the roof will power some of the car’s functions.

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