Bowdoin’s Motor Pool Store Chief Karl Perkins snagged the truck this summer season when it grew to become out there at an area dealership. It is the primary electrical car for the School’s safety officers, and it is their first pickup truck.
Adam Talbot, assistant director of security and safety, stated he was initially leery about investing in a truck with a battery vary of 280 to 290 miles. Safety officers work across the clock and must have a dependable car on the prepared, he stated.
Six months later, Talbot stated everybody on his staff is happy. “It’s working actually good, it is nice,” he stated. “Apart from the utility of getting a truck, it’s a enjoyable car to drive, it’s actually quick! It has a low heart of gravity and does effectively within the snow.” Even via the current chilly snap Maine has been having, the battery vary has been enough.
Safety officers had wished a pickup truck so that they could possibly be extra environment friendly with duties like organising parking cones and hauling away deserted bicycles, Talbot stated. (They retailer the bikes for one 12 months after which donate any unclaimed ones.)
When the Ford-150 Lightning grew to become out there from Casco Bay Ford in Yarmouth, the School jumped on the chance. The brand new truck joins three Ford Interceptor SUVs, that are customary police autos.
Although the electrical pickup is useful to have round, it is also within the rotation for normal campus patrols, Talbot stated. “Everyone likes driving it,” he stated, including, “And it’s been a mission for the School to go this manner.”
