Who covets the electric car? Sales surge in Ottawa

[jpak]

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/21/ot-electric-car-080721.html

Ottawa motorists are being driven like never before toward technology that allows them to run a car without gas, say those who help convert cars to electric power.

"The entire industry has gone absolutely crazy," said Richard Lane of Ottawa's REV consultants, who has been converting vehicles to electric power for more than two decades. "Myself, my volume has gone up three times."

Juergen Weichert, a spokesman for the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa, which helps people convert their own vehicles to electric power, said that in the past few months his group has also seen a significant increase in both membership and interest from the public in electric vehicles.

Susan Lawrence, who lives in Manotick, a village in Ottawa's southern outskirts, is among those who have gone electric with Lane's help.

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[rosesaylavee]

1. I wonder if there is a similar council or group here

in the US doing the same thing? Does anyone know of one or two?

[DCKit]

2. Wait for it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x163712