| Show 0 1 I f 0 W i ic ir ii t i r c J I If I Bountiful Mayor Looks To Electric Car 1 1 The e electrIc for automobile ie quiet efficient u urban r ban 1 Is the subject t Increased inter Interest est as a means of com com- air pollution noise and attic congestion tiA t j Light and Power 1 aid thIs week that pressures far r more research to speed de- de of oC modern electric sickles are building over the r w u IJ air pollution a growing and with auto exhaust mounting accounting for about 50 of the steps must be taken to b advance development of oC the electrIc automo- automo must free tile said Bountiful Mayor F E. E I ELECTRIC vehicles also cut n on noIse and traffic conI con con- I and can be extremely nt Such vehicles will be i iI I cost worth while for the man many citizens living In Bountiful and king l either to the Ogden Hill Air ur Base area or to Salt Lake City for tor work An electrIc car prove of oC great worth to the theTo Ito To car family who wants a run run- for tor mother I 6 Mayor outlined these recent ment developments i iSE SE SEN WARREN Magnus 0 n ID Washington Introduced a Lill Electric Development e n t let authorizing the Secretary to undertake research re- re search development and dem- dem projects which he will contribute toto to to production of practical elec- elec powered vehicles and approprIations of oC 2 ribbon a year for five years to I t l carry out provisions of the bill Sen Edmund D D. D Maine Is chairman ot of Public Works subcommittee mi whIch recently issued a report urgIng creation of a federal task force Coree to develop alternatives to the internal combustion engine DEVELOPMENT of oC the electrIc electric elec- elec vehicle Is being urged by the American Public Power Association Association As- As national organization of municipality ty and other locally owned electrIc s systems y s tern s of whIch Bountiful Light and Power Powel Is a member Mayor Maor noted that England England Eng Eng- land today has more than electric vehicles on Its highways highways high high- ways and A A. A N N. N of oC the British Electricity Council has suggested that Britain may have more than a millIon e l 1 e c t r I c cars In the next ten years THE ELECTRIC vehicle is 15 I not nearly so numerous in the United States While thousands were on the streets at the turn of the century they practically vanished by 1930 Today electric electric elec- elec golf carts powered battery fork lifts for Industry and a I handful of oC Industrial trucks for i short hauls are their I sors Within the past two weeks Ford Motor Company disclosed an advanced concept of oC a bat bat- powered tery-powered electrIc car and said the vehIcle will be tested In England next year Ford officials orn- orn reported a major breakthrough breakthrough break break- through with a new weight light sulphur sodIum battery A carwill car carwill will run about the same one charge range as a tankful of gas GENERAL MOTORS unveiled an electric car known as the and an electric I truck Such vehicles are capable I of speeds up to 80 miles per hour and will have a range ot of miles sufficient for Cor commuting and shopping The electric vehIcle can prove to be at least a partial I answer to many of oC our urban problems ms today Mayor said AIr pollution traffic and parking congestion and noise all allcan allcan can be reduced by development of oC a modern electric vehicle This would also be an excellent peak off load builder der for our city owned utility |
