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Electric car-sharing program launches in Chattanooga

TVA power utilization engineer Andrew Frye speaks at the celebration of Chattanooga's electric vehicle car share, "First Plug-In."
TVA power utilization engineer Andrew Frye speaks at the celebration of Chattanooga's electric vehicle car share, "First Plug-In." TVA power utilization engineer Andrew Frye speaks at the celebration of Chattanooga's electric vehicle car share, "First Plug-In."

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Learn more about Chattanooga’s electric car-sharing program at greencommuter.org/chattanooga or at www.facebook.com/greencommuterchattanoogaInitial list of car-sharing stops; more to come …› CARTA: Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, two cars› CARTA: Shuttle Park South, one car› CARTA: Shuttle Park North, one car› CARTA: Shuttle Park North Shore,two cars› Chattanooga Theatre Centre at Coolidge Park: four cars› United Methodist Neighborhood Centers Inc.: The Bethlehem Center,two vehicles

Initial list of car-sharing stops; more to come…

• CARTA: Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, two cars• CARTA: Shuttle Park South, one car• CARTA: Shuttle Park North, one car• CARTA: Shuttle Park North Shore, two cars• Chattanooga Theatre Center at Coolidge Park, four cars• United Methodist Neighborhood Centers Inc.: The Bethlehem Center, two vehicles

Chattanooga, meet some of the new electric cars at your service: Iris, Pearl, Ross, Coolidge, Frazier, Smokey, River and Hamilton.

Those Tennessee-centric (Iris is the state flower; Pearl is the state gem) and Chattanooga-centric names were given to eight of the Nissan Leaf electric cars that become available tomorrow for car-sharing at a number of locations.

“Each car has a name tag. It says, ‘Hello, my name is,'” said Green Commuter electric car-sharing program Manager Allyson Witt. She explained the names will help drivers remember which rental car is theirs and that it “gives some personality behind the vehicles.”