Green Options » electric truck http://greenoptions.com/tag/electric-truck Posts tagged 'electric truck' Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:29:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en N. Carolina Parks Using Solar Electric Cars to Replace ATVs http://gas2.org/2008/12/30/s-carolina-parks-using-solar-electric-cars-to-replace-atvs/ http://gas2.org/2008/12/30/s-carolina-parks-using-solar-electric-cars-to-replace-atvs/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:29:00 +0000 Sasha Friedman http://gas2.org/2008/12/30/s-carolina-parks-using-solar-electric-cars-to-replace-atvs/ A North Carolina Parks Department has bought three electric cars as a way to lighten their impact on nature preserves.

Custom Solar Array

Two of the vehicles charge by plugging into the wall. The third has been specially retrofitted with a solar array over its flatbed, freeing it from the grid and allowing it to charge while in the field. The vehicles, which all have small flatbeds, will be replacing ATVs and trucks for hauling maintenance and landscaping materials. The Mecklenburg County Department of Park and Recreation bought the three GEM vehicles (Global Electric Motorcars - a Chrysler company) with help from the Solar Center at North Carolina State University.

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