re: #181 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

There is no reason that most cities cannot switch their vehicle fleets over to electric, they never drive long distances away from a recharging station.

Even small town fleets.

Back when I was on my village board, I made a pitch to replace our aging pickup truck which requires lots of maintenance with an electric car. Village said nope, not unless you can find someone to donate that.

Our truck requires constant maintenance, and it is rare to drive it more than two miles. (The times I’ve driven it, I wouldn’t want to go out of town with it because I was afraid I’d be walking back.)

I made a pitch to Smart USA for a free (or at least reduced price) car for our village along with an endorsement from the Westminster Mercedes-Benz dealer, noting I’ve been driving my (gasoline) car all over this rugged area with no complaints (except the wheel weights being shaken off once), along with trips all over North America.

They wouldn’t do it. (I get it, car manufacturers are in business to make money, they are not charities. I figured it was worth the pitch simply because of the ad copy they could generate from it on how reliable their cars are that you can use them in such an isolated area and not worry about breaking down.)