Radio Taiwan International 
Date: 22 April, 2019
By: Natalie Tso

Clean and green: Taichung’s electric street sweepers

Taichung’s new electric street sweepers (picture from Taichung City Government)
Taichung now has electric cars to sweep the streets. They will be making their rounds on the streets, alleys and plazas of Taichung.

The new green cars are an effort to help reduce air pollution in central Taiwan. They will also reduce noise pollution as the cars are quiet. The city bought the 5 electric street-sweeping vehicles for NT$20 million (nearly US$7 million).

Taichung’s electric street-sweeping cars can be charged by an ordinary household electrical outlet. One charge can let them run for up to 8 hours.    [SOURCE]