It has been a long time since we posted here, but Commuter Cars and the Tango are very much still alive.
Our website remained online throughout that time, but for a long period we were unable to make updates after Adobe discontinued Muse, the software on which the site had been built. The website has now been rebuilt in WordPress, and we are once again able to keep it current.
Commuter Cars has also moved its operations to Anza, California, and we are now preparing selected Tangos for a new phase: short-term rental and long-term lease.
There are currently only 11 completed Tangos in existence worldwide. Until now, very few people have ever had the opportunity to drive one unless they owned one or knew someone who did.
We would like to change that.
The existing Tango fleet is not being offered for sale. Instead, selected Tangos will be available for rental and lease, initially in Southern California. We are also exploring opportunities for film and television, commercial photography, technology events, demonstrations, promotional appearances, and other special uses.
Insurance, rental arrangements, pricing, and availability are still being finalized, so we are not yet announcing firm dates. But the program is moving forward.
The Tango remains what it has always been: an attempt to solve a very simple transportation problem.
Most commuter cars occupy far more road and parking space than necessary to carry one or two people. The Tango seats two people in tandem in a vehicle only about 39 inches wide, while remaining a serious highway-capable electric car.
That narrow footprint was never intended to replace every other kind of vehicle. It was intended to be the right tool for a very common job: getting one or two people to work, shopping, appointments, or other everyday destinations while using far less road and parking space.
After all these years, the basic problem the Tango was designed to address has not gone away. Traffic congestion remains a major problem, parking remains difficult in many cities, and most commuters still travel alone in vehicles much wider than necessary.
If you have followed the Tango over the years and wondered what became of it, the answer is simple:
We’re still working on it.
And now, for the first time, our goal is to make the experience of driving a Tango available to more people without selling the existing cars.
You can rent me.
You can lease me.
But you can’t own me!
You can see the latest information on the new Rent / Lease page at:
https://commutercars.com/buy-lease-rent/
We’ll post additional updates here as the rental and lease program develops.
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