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Sure, there was a time not so long ago when electric vehicles were only seen carting snowbirds around their retirement communities in Coral Gables, or toting foursomes around the links, but that was before we knew about greenhouse gases and $100 a barrel oil.
Two recent headlines illustrate the sudden resurgence of the electric vehicle as a potential solution to our fuel woes. First came this:
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Greens Its Fleet With Purchase of 30
All-Electric, Zero-Emissions Cars
- Acquisition of ZX40 Models Represents MILES’ Largest Sale of All-Electric Vehicles to a Government Agency -
Then came this:
10,000 Electric Trucks Per Year
to be Built in USA
You read that right. First, an American electric vehicle manufacturer makes its biggest sale ever to a government agency, then a British manufacturer of Class-6, -7 and -8 electric delivery trucks announces plans to construct a manufacturing facility to build 10,000 trucks a year for the US market.
What’s going on here? Apparently, the time has come for electric vehicles to take their place in American fleets.
