Santa Cruz County fire agencies inspect world’s first all-electric ‘concept’ fire truck
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2019/12/17/santa-cruz-county-fire-agencies-inspect-worlds-first-all-electric-concept-fire-truck/
LIVE OAK – Not unlike the tour bus it resembled, arrival of the world’s first electric-powered fire engine Monday turned heads on the streets and drew a small crowd around it while parked.
The “Concept Fire Truck,” an electric-powered vehicle first unveiled by Austria-based manufacturer Rosenbauer in 2016, added Central Fire District’s administrative headquarters to stops at Pacific Coast “progressively minded fire departments.” Central and Aptos-La Selva fire districts’ Battalion Chief Anthony Cefaloni said the agencies purchased four traditional diesel-powered fire vehicles from the company in recent years, and so came up as a natural partner for the American tour.