Saturday, June 21, 2008

Elkhart Postal Carrier Goes All Electric

Saturday morning, as we were on our way to borrow a post hole digger from friend Rick, we came upon this All Electric Vehicle.

We thought it was pretty cool until we got through the light and saw that the car couldn't get going faster than 25mpg.

Then, the car pulled up to a mail box and dropped in some mail. So, it makes perfect sense. A postal delivery person doesn't need to go fast. And, I'm sure all of the stopping and starting and idling eats up a lot of gas.

Turns out the car is a Miles ZX440S, and sells for about $19K. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. I believe the cars are manufactured in China.

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