Longmont adds 2 electric vehicles to its fleet

LONGMONT – The city of Longmont added two Nissan Leaf electric vehicles to its city fleet, partially funded by grants from the Regional Air Quality Council.

Longmont Power & Communications will use one of the cars and Public Works & Natural Resources will use the other car. The city will unveil the vehicles to the public Sept.17. as part of National Drive Electric Week.

Both $33,000 cars were partly funded by a grant from the air quality council that provided $8,200 in funding for each vehicle. The air quality council works with the state of Colorado to develop air quality initiatives in the Denver metropolitan area.

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The event will begin at 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road, near a free charging station.

The  Leafs are the city’s only all-electric vehicles meant to be driven on a street or highway. The city also has one four-wheel electric all-terrain vehicle used by open space rangers that is not street legal.