A time may arrive when late-night rumblings of diesel-powered street fleets come to an end.
At least that’s what Bill Lamkin, a Vancouver Public Works operator of 15 years, imagined after hopping out of an all-electric street sweeper during a demo Tuesday morning.
“From a distance, it sounds like air,” he said, describing that the only noise it generated — before sweeping — came from its sturdy hydraulic motors.
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