The Herald (North Carolina) – November 2009
The Herald (North Carolina) reports on the grand opening of Shorepower at Big Boys Truck Stop – the th
ird truck stop in the state to offer an overnight plug-in option.
“The family-owned truck stop, which has more than 200 parking spaces, now has 24 outlets for truckers and charges $1 per hour for their use. That’s much cheaper than the gallon of diesel per hour a truck burns while idling. Environmentally, plugging in saves 22.2 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per hour, which Anne Tazewell of the N.C. Solar Center equates to planting a tree.”
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