FWIW,

wp:ZENN

ZENN (Zero Emission, No Noise) is a two-seat battery electric vehicle that was produced by the ZENN Motor Company of Canada from 2006 to 2010, designed to qualify as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). It had a range of up to 40 mi (64 km) and was speed-limited to 25 mph (40 km/h).

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Production of the ZENN LSV ceased in March 2010, and service support and provision of parts ended on June 30, 2013.[2]

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Although the company was headquartered in Toronto and manufactured in Saint-Jérôme, north of Montreal, the vehicle was first introduced in the United States. The regulatory regime in Canada was less hospitable. Federal regulations set up by Transport Canada to approve low-speed vehicles (LSVs) for public road use excluded the ZENN and other NEVs from Canadian roads.

Why not non-lithium batteries?

Apparently wp:nickel–iron batteries are safer and less harmful to the environment.