Armstrongs are driving toward a more sustainable future

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Allen and Elissa Armstrong are driving toward a more sustainable future
Press Herald
Portland, ME - IS THIS YOUR FIRST? - First fully electric car, yes, but Allen Armstrong has a hybrid already, an early generation (2006) Honda Insight. The Armstrongs do have two other electric vehicles however...

COME AGAIN? - “Two recumbent trikes.” Those bike-like things you lie down in? Yes. “And in this particular case, they now have motors on them.” The older of the two he converted to electric two years ago for his wife. “And she found it so helpful in getting around town, particularly on the hills.” We’re talking Munjoy? “State Street is the classic. That is the one I find most challenging in Portland.” He actually built one of the trikes himself (he’s a retired engineer who worked in semiconductors in Massachusetts for much of his career). Were these the gateways to an electric car? “I think they were! I just found out how pleasant electric is. That smooth power…you just drive it with one foot and it does exactly what you want.”

HOLD ON THERE: We pointed out that ...


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