25 March 2009
The green machine is now hitting Marton streets in style. This electrically powered vehicle has travelled 600km on trips around town over approximately three months. The cost - just $2.50 in electricity.
Local designer, Pat Boyle, was inspired to create the ‘green machine’ after buying an electric tri-shaw off Trade-me. Mr Boyle found the performance of the original tri-shaw disappointing and spent a number of months developing it into the ‘green machine’.
The versatility and efficiency of the green machine came as a surprise to Boyle, who found that he could travel 40-100km on a single electrical charge of the machine. Mr Boyle uses his current green machine for all sorts of round-the-town trips; grocery shopping; dropping his daughter at school; and trips to the farm supplies store are some of his uses.
At the current rate Mr Boyle estimates he will do all his round the town journeys for just $10 a year.
To find out more and see the green machine in action go to http://www.greenmachines.co.nz/
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