stephanie
08-01-2008, 10:05 AM
don't forget....it's all about the ENVIORMENT..
Owners’ effort to go green suffers blackout
By John P. Kelly
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jul 31, 2008 @ 12:32 PM
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HINGHAM — Greenhouse gases and melting polar ice caps were never pressing concerns for Hingham carpenter Ben Burnham. Still, Burnham found himself buying an electric-powered ZAP Xebra last month to do his small part for the environment.
The three-wheeled vehicle has become a neighborhood oddity, a futuristic looking pickup truck with no tailpipe and a row of batteries instead of a gas tank. Drivers point cell phone cameras at Burnham as he zips nonchalantly past $4.19-a-gallon gas pumps, albeit at a top speed of 40 mph.
But the state has put the brakes on Burnham’s electric escapade.
read it all and pictures..
http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/business_news/x380000543/Pulling-the-plug-State-says-electric-car-is-illegal
Owners’ effort to go green suffers blackout
By John P. Kelly
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jul 31, 2008 @ 12:32 PM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HINGHAM — Greenhouse gases and melting polar ice caps were never pressing concerns for Hingham carpenter Ben Burnham. Still, Burnham found himself buying an electric-powered ZAP Xebra last month to do his small part for the environment.
The three-wheeled vehicle has become a neighborhood oddity, a futuristic looking pickup truck with no tailpipe and a row of batteries instead of a gas tank. Drivers point cell phone cameras at Burnham as he zips nonchalantly past $4.19-a-gallon gas pumps, albeit at a top speed of 40 mph.
But the state has put the brakes on Burnham’s electric escapade.
read it all and pictures..
http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/business_news/x380000543/Pulling-the-plug-State-says-electric-car-is-illegal