Universal Electric Vehicle Corp. (UEV) was a short-lived electric sports-car startup that promoted a two-seat battery-electric roadster called the Electrum Spyder in the mid-2000s and discussed a lower-cost three-wheeled commuter project referred to as the COM-V3. Contemporary third-party coverage stated that the Spyder debuted publicly at the Santa Monica Alternative Car Expo in December 2006 and that UEV began accepting orders in December 2006, with a quoted 2007 price of…