(Please see below for other electric vehicle links)

Thank you for your interest in the Electric Car Owners Club. The Electric Car Owners Club was started in 1982 by Frank Didik as an informal association of electric car owners. By that time, interest in electric cars developed during the second gasoline crises in 1977, had died out, and it was very difficult for electric car owners to obtain information on maintaining and improving their electric cars. The club acted as a focal point for electric car owners. By 1986, over 900 electric vehicle owners world wide had joined the group. Most owners had either CitiCars, ComutaCars, Elcars (from Italy) or various conversions such as VW Beatles, Renault R5's, Renault Dalphine's, Bradly GT2's and even van conversions such as the Electric Jet Van. There was never a fee to join, though many members contributed their time and money to send out a newsletter and operate the BBS system. What distinguished Electric Car Owners Club members from so many other groups today, is that almost every member not only discussed electric cars, but also owned and drove electric cars on a regular basis. The Electric Car Owners Club also maintained an extensive library and photo collection of various electric cars world wide. Sadly, some of the archives were destroyed in a fire in 1992. Nevertheless, much of the remaining archives (over 20,000 pages of records) are being scanned and edited and is expected to be published on CD-ROM in early 1998. This database/archive should be of great interest to all electric car owners and enthusiasts. Today, the Electric Car Owners Club is for the most part inactive. The world wide web, with its many excellent electric vehicle related discussion groups and mailing lists, has very adequately covered the area that the Electric Car Owners Club had set out to do. We have been encouraging all former members to get on the web and join these groups. Nevertheless, we still get get 10 to 15 calls per month from former members. Most inquiries center on parts and technical information for the CitiCar and CommuttaCar. For this reason, an attempt is being made to provide archive files covering these vehicles on the WWW. Also, specific questions can be sent via e-mail. Over the next few months, additional files will be placed on the WWW. Some of the files to be included are original CitiCar catalogs, repair, information, sources of parts and various databases. Please visit this site periodically to review the updates.

(Please note, we are in the process of scanning over 25,000 pages of data from our archives which will eventually be available on line or in cd-rom form. Also, repair manuals and wiring diagrams will be up shortly. Please be patient.)

Electric Car Owners Club electric vehicle links

DIDIK ELECTRIC VEHICLE MENU
Electric Car Owners Club Main Menu
History of the CitiCar and CommutaCar
Driving an Electric Vehicle
CitiCar and CommutaCar Parts List
Electric Vehicle CD-ROM
How Build an Electric Car (Smithsonian Institute Talk)
History of Electric Vehicles from 1834 to 1987
Citicar Catalog from 1975
CitiCar Wiring Diagrams
ComutaCar Catalog and specifications from 1980

To receive information on DIDIK VEHICLES, CD-Roms, obtain a press kit or the Electric Car Owners Club: Electric Vehicle Registration Page

This site is updated with new information about once per month. For the latest information, please be sure to visit again. You can reach us by e-mail at: [email protected]