Private company

Elcat Oy

Logo: https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212123im_/http://www.elcat.fi/img/main_cityvan.jpg, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Finnish vehicle manufacturer and importer

Elcat was a battery electric vehicle manufacturer and an electric vehicle importer based in Järvenpää, Finland. Elcat Automotive was owned by an electricity producer called Fortum until the production decreased in the early 21st century. Elcat began working in 1974 to design electric cars for Nordic climate.2 It ceased to exist in 2017.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1
Elcat1
Photo: LHOON (Flickr User), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Elcat was a battery electric vehicle manufacturer and an electric vehicle importer based in Järvenpää, Finland.2

Products and brands

Cityvan, speed 72 km/h (45 mph), distance 70 kilometres (43.5 mi)

Cityvan 200, speed 80 km/h (50 mph), distance 70 kilometres (43.5 mi)

Cityvan 202, speed 90 km/h (56 mph), distance 80 kilometres (49.7 mi)

Citywagon 202, speed 88 km/h (55 mph), distance 76 kilometres (47.2 mi)

From Wikipedia’s article on Elcat Electric Vehicles, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Apr 20, 2017Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1985Founded Founded1