Solved - NEH 1835: Hope Whisper Danish electric car

[Carnut]

Identify this car and where it was built correctly for 1 point:

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[Carnut]

Expert knowledge required...

[cmetisse]

1983 prototype of the dansk Hope Whisper, brainchild of Thure Barsøe-Carnfeldt, a businessman and local politician; who has created the company Hope Computers in Hadsund.

Another ill-fated electric car that became famous after being crashed at his own launch in front of the press, when the engineer at the wheel fell asleep !  :o

Quite a lot of different looking prototypes were made through the years, this one was shown at that infamous launch. It seems that a few examples were sold, the later ones using VW Polo MKII doors and claimed that familiar "top speed : 100 km/h, range : 100 km" mantra we all know too well...

[Carnut]

That's about the long and the short of it, yes.
Another Hope prototype has featured on AP before:

www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=8642.0

More pictures:

[Djetset]

This one must have been beyond Hope!  ;D

[Carnut]

This one must have been beyond Hope!  ;D

Or maybe they were just being optimistic..!

[el_monty]

Photos from the day of the presentation/crash.