Electric truck new wave of the future

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Electric truck new wave of the future

http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080615/VOICES/806150314/1052/OPINION01

Jill Callison • jcalliso@argusleader.com • June 15, 2008

HILLS, Minn. - If you drive behind Ron Solberg's Chevy S10 pickup truck, nothing looks unusual.

Until you notice there's no exhaust pipe. No gas fumes are coming out of his vehicle.

If you're near Solberg's pickup when he starts it, it might take a moment to realize you never heard an engine turn over. And it pulled away in silence.

That's because Solberg had has the pickup converted to electricity.

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