The Tennessee Valley Authority is back.
The 89-year-old federal electric utility, which replaced the lives of millions of people in the 1930s through flooding and also contributed to World War II efforts, plans to convert its fleet of 1200 light and midsize cars to gasoline and diesel. Electric power through 2030.
A new member of the fleet will be the Volkswagen ID4 electric SUV. The ID4 will come with sturdy suspension, 18-inch off-road wheels and wheels and a power plant. It will also feature the traditional drone garage and authority box. team.
The vehicle will make its public debut on Nov. 1 at Volkswagen’s booth at the Special Equipment Manufacturers Association exhibit in Las Vegas.
The TVA fleet being replaced is made up of 400 cars, SUVs and soft vans and 800 midsize trucks, all of which emit carbon.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded TVA during the Great Depression to alleviate poverty and flooding from Virginia to Mississippi.
The VAT, which collects no taxes and operates as a for-profit public utility, has created jobs and provided electricity to homes and industry in the impoverished region.
In the 1940s, he boosted the production of aluminum for aircraft and the World War II Manhattan Project.
Today, it supplies electricity to more than 10 million people, solar, wind, fuel and nuclear power, as well as its hydroelectric dams and original coal-fired power plants.
Its service domain includes all of Tennessee and parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia. Diversity of operations from the line to environmental studies.
The ID4 is TVA’s first electric Volkswagen. In 1978, TVA tested a fleet of 10 electric minibuses. Each vehicle had 24 12-volt batteries and a diversity of 46. 2 miles.
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