News from Fairfield Daily Republic - Fairfield,CA,USA:
Ed Huestis is among 13 local residents who have taken their last drives in their pioneering General Motors electric cars. Yesterday's wave of the future is history. General Motors is pulling the plug on the cars it leased to customers and wants them back. "I don't even want to think about it," said Huestis, city transportation systems manager, who spearheaded Vacaville's electric vehicle incentives program.
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Tony Barker is another Vacaville resident having to give up his EV1. "I think it was the neatest car I ever had," Barker said. "It was lots of fun to drive. It got me away from the gas pumps. It got me in the car pool lane solo. I saved me tons of time. It was real sporty."
Barker just bought a Chevrolet S-10 electric pickup truck that had been used by a Georgia utility. He paid under $10,000, bidding on it sight unseen. It was delivered last week. "I'm getting to work as cheap and clean as possible," he said. [...]
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