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Article: SERVICE VEHICLE IS ALL ELECTRIC SCHMIDT'S TOWING UNVEILS SPARKY, WHICH WILL HANDLE SOME CALLS DOWNTOWN.(BUSINESS)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2008
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Byline: BARRY ADAMS badams@madison.com 608-252-6148
Bryan Biehl was eager to get his Pontiac Sunfire started, but he was also curious about Sparky, the quiet, small service truck that had arrived.
The electric vehicle, just put into service by Schmidt's Towing, turned heads as its driver, Mike Esser, made his way from the company's Beld Street shop to narrow Washburn Place just off of East Gorham Street on the Near East Side.
And because the vehicle is only about 5 feet wide and less than 8 feet long, Esser had little trouble finding a place to park, something that's typically a challenge on the Isthmus.
"It's almost more visible than ...