Battery-Powered Food Carts Go for Test Drive on City Streets
The Street Vendor Project hopes rechargeable electric power supplies can improve air quality and reduce fossil fuel use.
This article was originally published on by THE CITY
Of the many food carts peddling coffee and hot sandwiches along the perimeter of Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan last Tuesday, one was not like the others.
The cart was powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, rather than the typical exhaust-spewing gasoline or diesel generator.