U.S. Electricar was a company founded contemporaneously in the late 1970s by Chandler H. Waterman in Athol, Massachusetts, best known for electric vehicle conversions of regular production automobiles in the 1970s, including the DAF 46 and Lectric Leopard (Renault LeCar and Fiat Strada).

[4]: 19 Chandler H. Waterman built his first electric vehicle conversion in 1968, based on the Datsun 1200, as a hobbyist in Athol, working part-time after his job at Simplex Time Recorder;[5] he was a self-admitted "assembler using off-the-shelf components".

Waterman Industries, moved on to market DAF 46 and Renault 5 (Le Car) conversions with 96 volt lead-acid traction batteries;[7]: 247–250  the latter was sold as the "Electricar 1".

The Lectric Leopard attracted attention at its launch thanks to its distributor, John Hoy Kauffmann, who was marketing the converted vehicle to government agencies.

Meurer first sold a Destiny to actor Leslie Nielsen;[13] by 1993, Green Motor Works was concentrating on selling the Kewet neighborhood electric vehicle.

[14] After Solar Electric acquired U.S. Electricar in the early 1990s, the company launched new conversions and took on a pilot program to convert United States Postal Service Grumman LLV delivery trucks.

An interim loan from Itochu kept the company solvent, but CEO Ted Morgan stepped down and was succeeded by Roy Kusumoto in April.

[28] U.S. Electricar partnered with Hyundai to develop the parallel hybrid vehicle drivetrain used in the FGV-II concept car which debuted at the 1999 Seoul Motor Show.

[38] Enova Systems was declared essentially defunct in August 2014, with few assets, significant losses, and only a single employee, CEO John Micek.

[39] The last filing by Enova Systems with the Securities and Exchange Commission was for the quarter ending September 30, 2015, reporting a loss of US$188,000 over the prior three months.