Submission + - NYPD to Go Green, Trial All Electric Scooter (techluver.com)
Tech.Luver writes: "New York Police have found a way to help save the planet and perhaps sneak up on bad guys at the same time: an all-electric, ultra-quiet scooter.
The New York Police Department will begin road testing four of the plug-in Vectrix scooters early next month _ part of a broader campaign to make the nation's largest police department a greener one as well.
The 36,000-officer NYPD has been looking for ways to retool its massive motor fleet to guzzle less gas and inflict less harm on the environment. A handful of NYPD hybrid cars and so-called flex-fuel vehicles, which can run on both gasoline and ethanol, are already on the road.
( http://techluver.com/2007/12/25/nypd-to-go-green-start-road-testing-all-electric-ultra-quiet-scooters-in-january/ )"