{"id":44477,"date":"2013-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/24\/livegreen-unmc-staffer-gets-a-charge-out-of-her-electric-car\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:30:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:30:42","slug":"livegreen-unmc-staffer-gets-a-charge-out-of-her-electric-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2013\/09\/24\/livegreen-unmc-staffer-gets-a-charge-out-of-her-electric-car\/","title":{"rendered":"LiveGreen: UNMC staffer gets a charge out of her electric car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tammy Dawdy from the Olsen Center for Women’s Health drives a Nissan Leaf.<\/p>\n

Why is this of interest to you? It doesn’t use any gas. <\/p>\n

None. Zip. Zilch. Nada. No gas, at all, ever. <\/p>\n

This makes the Leaf pretty unique in the American car market as most “electric” cars are actually hybrids, switching from electricity to gas based on what the car is doing or for longer trips.<\/p>\n

Still skeptical? We asked Tammy for her take:<\/p>\n


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\nThis Sunday, Sept. 29, is National Plug In Day<\/a>, an event held in more than 50 U.S. cities to promote electric vehicles<\/a> (EVs) and their benefits.<\/p>\n

Those benefits include:<\/p>\n