News from The Entrprise (Boston, Mass.):
By Jennifer Kovalich, Enterprise staff writer
BROCKTON — From patrolling reservoirs to golf course maintenance and ferrying the athletic trainer to injured athletes on the field, more than two dozen donated electric cars have been plugged into duty around the city.
The City Council accepted 25 Global Electric Motorcars from DaimlerChrysler Co. in September. Since then, they have been charged up and ready to go for various departments, including the schools, parks and cemeteries, water treatment plant and Parking Authority.
"It's a nice little vehicle," said Parking Authority employee Robert Wise. "They're nice and quiet."
He has been using a white and yellow electric car to help patrol the parking garage. The car has been a good public relations move, too. When the elevator is out of service, parking authority employees have given elderly women a lift to their vehicles.
The Department of Public Works received four of the electric cars.
One went to the Parking Authority, while there are eight allocated to the Park Department and the cemeteries.
The wastewater treatment plant got five cars, and the School Department received three.
One of the cars has a new home with the Brockton Rox. One is in use at the recycling depot on Oak Hill Way, and two are over at the water treatment plant in Pembroke, according to David Farrell, communications director for Mayor John T. Yunits Jr.
The cars, which have a total value of $235,165 and sell for more than $8,600 apiece, were donated by DaimlerChrysler because the company needs the zero emission credits to comply with the California emission standards that Massachusetts has also adopted.
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