http://www.itv.com/news/border/2016-02-20/electric-sheep-cars-flock-to-lakeland-businesses/ Electric sheep cars flock to Lakeland businesses 20 February 2016
[images / ITV News Border http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/906690/stream_img.jpg Sethera and Lethera have gone to The Quiet Site near Ullswater http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/906695/stream_img.jpg It's hoped the Renault Twizys will lower carbon emissions in Cumbria http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/906694/stream_img.jpg They've been designed to look like sheep, after the famous Cumbrian herdwicks http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/906696/stream_img.jpg Number 7, Lethera, lives at The Quiet Site, Watermillock, near Ullswater ] On a wet day in the Lake District, what's a tourist to do? You could go for a drive, but burning petrol, means global warming and more rain... So now the County Council has come up with a Cumbrian solution: electric cars, made to look like sheep. A flock of electric cars designed as sheep have now started their new lives as alternative transport for tourists at popular businesses around the North Lakes. The cars are Renault [Twizy EVs] They have a maximum speed of 50mph Their range on one charge is 40 miles From Ullswater, you could get to Ambleside, Penrith or Keswick without recharging. It [regen] charges itself as you're going downhill. Of course, it uses more power going uphill too! They can be hired from places around Keswick, Ullswater and Penrith for £10 an hour, £25 for a half day, or £45 for a full day. The hope is people will leave the car at home, perhaps arrive by train, because there's another option if they want to go further than public transport allows. "It damages the environment if there's lots of [ice] cars on the road, it's not a nice place to drive around if you're sitting in queues of traffic, so the Twizy provides a low-emissions, sustainable way of travelling around the area. They're completely silent, it's peaceful, you can explore the nooks and crannies of the Lake District in a fun and quirky way." – NICOLA PARKER, CUMBRIA COUNTY COUNCIL 'SEE MORE' PROGRAMME There are 10 sheep twizys around Penrith, Keswick and Ullswater. They're numbered in the Cumbria or Westmorland dialects. Around Keswick and Borrowdale you'll find Yan, Tyan, Tethera, Methera and Pip. Around Penrith and Ullswater you'll find Hovera, Dovera, Dec and Sethera and Lethera. 'Yan, tan, tethera', was originally a sheep counting system used by shepherds, the words used differed slightly from region to region. The names used for the cars have been taken from different parts of Cumbria. Yan = 1 Tyan = 2 Tethera = 3 Methera = 4 Pip = 5 Sethera = 6 Lethera = 7 Hovera = 8 Dovera = 9 Dec = 10 "A lot of people they might just use it as a form of transport because we get a lot of motorhomes that don't bring vehicles and they kind of feel like they're stuck here but if they have these to hire they can kind of get out and about. They've basically just been couples because they're two seaters and they've just been kind of travelling around Glenridding and other places, which are tourist attractions really." – SARAH LIGHTBURN, THE QUIET SITE, WATERMILLOCK So far, they're popular as a quirky thing to do, rather than a different mode of transport, but it's boosting business' green credentials, and could make a holiday in the Lake District more sustainable. [© itv.com] ... https://www.renault.co.uk/vehicles/new-vehicles/twizy.html The Renault TWIZY is a 100% electric vehicle. An urban compact two-seater that is super fun to drive ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Twizy ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria Cumbria (English pronunciation: /ˈkʌmbriə/ KUM-bree-ə; locally [ˈkʊmbɾiə] KUUM-bree-ə) is a non-metropolitan county in North West England ... ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_tan_tethera Yan Tan Tethera is a sheep-counting rhyme/system traditionally used by shepherds in ... England ... ... http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Mock-Twizy-EV-sheep-auction-uk-45-8h-r-40mi-ts-50mph-tp4680367.html EVLN: Mock Twizy EV sheep auction.uk £45/8h r:40mi ts:50mph Feb 08 2016 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Quirky-sheep-named-uk-Twizy-EVs-are-popular-boosting-businesses-tp4680643.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
