The fair gave it to the University of Tennessee, which then sold it to a junkyard in Maynardville. Kirby tracked it down there and essentially pushed it off the lot, reworked it and now drives it on the 25-mile commute to work and back. It can go about 60 miles per charge and scoots along pretty well. I ve had it up to 70 on level road, he says. He plugs it in nightly.
Heat is provided by a small ceramic heater that works really well.
I love to drive it, he says. He should, especially now. ORNL employees came to the aid of families with seriously ill children on March 28. Staff members, through the Lab s Values Committee, donated items to Knoxville s Ronald McDonald House. Families may stay at the McDonald s Corporation sponsored facilities at low cost while seriously ill children are treated at nearby hospitals.