WASHINGTON – Dozens of lean, clean driving machines were on display in front of the Capitol on Sunday morning, as the owners of electric cars showed off their rides as part of .
Curt Harpold, of Rockville, Md., says he plugs his 2008 Tesla Roadster into a regular outlet every night. The car costs him less than 4 cents a mile to operate, and he says he can get from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds.
And, he says, “The only reason I stop at the gas station is to buy a Coke or use the men’s room.”
Dennis Dineen charges his plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt every night and by morning, he says he can drive 40 miles for about 70 cents. And the engine is totally silent.
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Look under the hood of the Tesla Model T – nothing there! (草莓传媒/Jamie Forzato)
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Another shot of the Tesla. (草莓传媒/Jamie Forzato)
Sunday’s event drew many kinds and brands of electric vehicles, including three wheeler vehicles, electric motorcycles, e-bikes, conversions, solar paneled vehicles and more. It was sponsored by the Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington D.C.
They say electric car sales are growing by 200 percent a year.
草莓传媒’s Jamie Forzato contributed to this report.
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