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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Longest parade of electric vehicles-Bay Harbor sets
world record
BAY HARBOR,MI,USA --The Bay
Harbor Foundation, with the help of Global
Electric Motorcars (GEMs), had more than 200 electric
vehicles drive in-line for two miles during the the Bay Harbor
Vintage Car and Boat Festival-setting the world record for
the Longest
parade of electric vehicles. 
Photo: A 1920 Milburn Lite electric vehicle,
owned by John McMullen of Lapeer, leads the line-up of Global
Electric Motorcars (GEMs) before the Bay Harbor Foundation
sets the world record for the longest
parade of electric vehicles. Image by Christina Rohn/News-Review
(enlarge
photo)
The
Bay Harbor festival has themed this year’s event “Electric
Atmosphere” to celebrate the benefits of green transportation
in the Bay Harbor community.
GEM
vehicles are sophisticated yet simple, says former
GEM CEO and Bay Harbor resident Lawrence Oswald. They represent
a new kind of personal transportation that expands the capacity
to have fun.
As the nations first resort community
to fully integrate the use of battery-electric vehicles, is
a longtime advocate of environmentally sound transportation
solutions.
For Bay Harbor residents, making the switch
to clean driving has been good for the environment and convenient
– nearby dealership Fox Motors in Charlevoix has sold roughly
two-thirds of all the electric cars in the community.
Much more economical in price and fuel
consumption than traditional automobiles, GEM
cars drive the equivalent of 150 miles per gallon,
or two cents per mile. To date, GEM
cars have been driven over 300 million emission-free
miles, saving over 15 million gallons of gas, and preventing
over 180 tons of ozone-producing pollutants from reaching
the air.
“Bay Harbor is a wonderful example of a community
embracing transportation solutions that are both green and
smart,” says GEM
President and COO Rick Kasper. “We’re thrilled to be participating
in the Bay Harbor Foundation’s parade and hope it inspires
others to adopt clean driving as a way of life.”
Proceeds from the festival will help fund grants
for local health and human service programs, as well as environmental,
arts, and educational organizations in Northern Michigan.
Bay
Harbor Foundation is a charitable, nonprofit organization
established to provide a structure for receiving donations
and distributing grants in northern, lower Michigan that provide
programs in the arts, education, the environment and health
and human services.
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
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