Commuter Cars is a Spokane, Washington

Spokane, Washington

Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...

 based company founded by Rick Woodbury and his son Bryan. They are beginning production of the first of their line of ultra-narrow electric sports cars

Battery electric vehicle

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, the Tango T600

Commuter Cars Tango

The Tango is an ultra-narrow electric sports car initially designed and built by Commuter Cars, an American company based in Spokane, Washington, that sells this car worldwide for $108,000....

. The first production car is owned by actor George Clooney

George Clooney

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 who took delivery on August 9, 2005.

The T600 costs $108,000 and is delivered virtually fully assembled, requiring the owner to complete the car in about eight hours.

The company has submitted a Letter of Intent to compete for the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize. Whether this involves the Tango T600 or one of their concepts, the Tango T100 and T200, or some other car is unknown.