News from The Fresno Bee (California, USA)
by Jim Davis
Fresnans could zoom to the grocery store, the dry cleaners and even to work in neighborhood electric vehicles under a plan percolating at City Hall.
The city is establishing a pilot program to promote electric vehicles that are billed as being more than a golf cart but less than a car.
Fresno director of transportation Bruce Rudd said the vehicles could help alleviate the city and region's air quality woes if enough people use them.
One is that these vehicles can legally operate only on streets with speed limits of 35 mph or less, and most major city streets have higher speed limits. Another is persuading owners such as Bonnie and Ed Nachtigall to use their electric vehicles on city streets. The Nachtigalls bought a neighborhood electric vehicle about a year ago but use it only at their home on the coast.
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