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Colorado city considers electric vehicles. (http://www.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080718_1.htm)

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/E-Rede_EV_Truck.jpgTed Holteen - Durango Herald - July 18, 2008

Roy Petersen is not one to fall for a pitch from a Denver used-car salesman, but even he was impressed by what Stu MacPhail was selling Thursday.

"I think they're great," said Peterson, Durango's general services director, after driving one of MacPhail's electric trucks during a demonstration at Greenmount Cemetery.

MacPhail owns SmartWheels, a used-car dealership in Denver, but his focus has shifted in recent months to the sales of electric vehicles. He and his son-in-law, Gino Dorrance, brought two electric trucks to town for Petersen and other key employees to test.

MacPhail and Dorrance have taken their roadshow to many other cities and towns in Colorado, most recently Fort Collins and Greeley, and MacPhail said he's now filling purchase orders from the city of Colorado Springs and Colorado College, among others… http://www.durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/08/news080718_1.htm

I wish my city would consider electric vehicles instead of the incredibly ineffecient full-size pickups that they have 1 guy driving around.

I don't think it was mentioned in the article but the video indicated Durango's electricity is wind-power generated.

The snow thing is probably the biggest problem with these low hp vehicles. In CO and even here in NE, the local gov has to put plows on some of their vihicles.

If they could come up with a better drive platform and maybe put power to all the tires, without massive amounts of batteries things might be different.

If there is one agency that I'd like to see driving EV or hybrids it's the EPA or the state DEP. I can't help but laugh seeing DEP Crown Vics and newer Suburban's while the EPA seems to roll around in green painted Tahoe's.