A Lyndonville library has traded in its gas-guzzling bookmobile for what it says is Vermont’s first fully electric version, cutting monthly fuel costs by about $300.
The Cobleigh Public Library’s bookmobile has been bringing books to schools, daycares and retirement homes for 27 years. The new electric model, purchased with a $72,000 grant from a New England nonprofit, covers a 10-20 mile route through Caledonia County.
“Now I don’t even have to pump gas, it’s so cool,” said Colleen Lariviere, the bookmobile driver for the past nine years.
Library director Kaitlin Wood said the switch to electric was a financial decision. “One of the things we had first started looking into purchasing a new one, we knew we were going to do electric, because it’s obviously going to save us a lot of money in the long run,” Wood said.
The van’s exterior was chosen through a community design contest. A launch party is scheduled for Friday at Bandstand Park in Lyndonville.
Originally reported by WCAX.
Photo: User:Magicpiano (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo is illustrative and not from the scene.
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