If you are from the area, you have already seen the Segway tours. Groups of people following somebody who is just waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too excited about the Smithsonian Natural Portrait Gallery.
A bit odd, no?
But a shockwave is coming to the district and it has already begun to make a mark. (And I'm not talking about the rent-a-bicycle stations)
During Mid-November, Coulomb Technologies opened DC's first electric car charging station near 14th & U Northwest. You can read about the station here.
All this comes in light of President Obama's decision to get away from foreign oil. He wants cars to get 39 MPG by 2016.
One Maryland Energy Administration official has some thoughts in WUSA 9's story on the Chevy Volt:
This all brings me back to my first point. Electric cars are now being used in tours. Yuck. It's a good idea, but just look at the pictures from Bi-Partisan Tour Company:
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It's all a good idea. I for one don't want to pay $3.50 for a gallon of gas in my Dodge Charger that gets 18 MPG on a good day. And of course I live in NOVA, so it's all stop-and-go traffic. That helps soooo much.
What do you guys think?
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