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NEWS RELEASE
City Hall
1565 First Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
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For Immediate Release: July 18, 2008
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ELECTRIC
VEHICLES
ON DISPLAY
Sarasota, FL: A variety of plug-in electric
vehicles will be on display 4:30pm – 8pm Mon., July
21, 2008 at City Hall, 1565 First Street, as the City Commission
hears a presentation from the Florida Electric Automobile
Association on the benefits of electric vehicles. The presentation
will take place in the Commission Chambers at 6pm as part
of the regular City Commission meeting. "Electric vehicles
are starting to appear all over Florida,” said Michele
Mician, City of Sarasota Neighborhood Coordinator. “Currently,
plug-in electric vehicles offer one way to reduce our carbon
footprint and lower greenhouse gas emissions. As technology
improves we can hope to see this energy drawn from solar
utility and make plug-in electric vehicles a viable zero
emissions alternative," said Mician.
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The public
is invited to view and test drive one of the seven plug-in
vehicles which will be on display along First Street. The
vehicles include: a MILES ZX40s fully electric vehicle, a
converted Toyota Scion xB called an “eBox” by
the conversion company AC Propulsion; Toyota Prius hybrid
plug-in, EcoCruiser, Vectrix E-Motorcycle and a Smart Car.
Area representatives with the Florida Electric Automobile
Association will be on hand to answer questions about the
vehicles. City Commissioners also will be invited during
their 4:30pm meeting recess to take one of the electric vehicles
for a spin, prior to the presentation at 6pm. |
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The City Commission will consider a resolution
at its regular meeting Mon., August 18, 2008, supporting
the creation of a market for electric vehicles and supporting
the Plug-In Partners National Campaign. The resolution
would direct staff to work with local, state and federal
governments to identify possible incentives for plug-in
electric vehicles and to build a market for them. The Sarasota
Board of County Commissioners recently approved a similar
resolution.
For more information, please contact:
Jan
Thornburg, Public Information Officer (941) 954-2613
jan.thornburg@sarasotagov.com
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