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The Steam Whistle Retro Electro Is Really An Electric 1958 Chevy Apache

Steam Whistle, a Canadian brewing company located British Columbia, Canada not only brews beer, but they also are obsessed with being green. So green in fact, that they have a fleet full of old-school vehicles that they modified to run on electricity — which they then in turn painted green. One of their green machines that caught our attention was the Steam Whistle Retro Electro. Many of you might recognize it as a classic 1958 Chevy Apache pickup truck, albeit a little more Hulk-skin looking.

The Retro Electro is used for delievering fresh  cold batches of pilsner all over the greater Vancouver, BC and is powered by 24 lithium-ion batteries that give the truck a driving radius of 150km and can be charged in 8 hours with its 220V/30A power source.

We find it rather humorous that a beer manufacturer would make a special vehicle for their promotion – does it have a breathalyzer attached to the ignition?

While we do not, ever, condone the butchering of a vintage ride, this blog does appreciate the modern greenering of our city streets. For that, GM Authority tips our e-cap to Steam Whistle for their brazen pioneering of some weird hybrid of classic and futuristic.  Next time, fellas, don’t sample your latest batch before  painting your promotional vehicle.

Source: SteamWhistle.ca

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  1. Only in Canada would environmentalists use clasic north american iron as the tabula rasa for an electric car, Americans would just buy somthing new and asian and call it a day. BRAVO

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