We all know that the Dodge EV is based on a Lotus Europa.  The yellow car with black stipes down the hood is what we were introduced too.  However, none of us thought that it was a Dodge when we looked at it.  The production car is going to get a face lift, probably something that looks more like the Viper than the Lotus it looks like now.

The spy shots were taken at night, Chrysler is being very secretive and sneaky with testing their new EV.  They don’t want to let the cat out of the bag on this one just yet.  The new face is distinctly Dodge, however, we don’t quite know yet what the rest of the body will look like.

Although Chrysler has not yet said which EV it will make first (they only said that one of them will be produced in 2010, the others will, but not until later), there’s a good chance that it’ll be the Dodge EV.  They already have it up and running and the speed at which it’s received a new body indicates that they’re going to be pushing this one out the door sooner than later.

Assuming that Chrysler gets those auto loans the Dodge EV would hit the lots in late 2010.