Introdução

A Swiss Premiere! The protptype electric-powered carriage was presented in Avenches during the summer of 2012. Aims are to promote the engagement of horses for community tasks such as garbage or old paper collections.

The electric carriage functions the same way as an E-bike; suggesting that once the horse loses power the E-carriage kicks in! This obviously supports the horse in its efforts and perseverance. This is no novelty in France; where already today over 120 community horses are implemented for jobs such as garbage collections, school transport, maintenance of green public areas and tourism. And of course the innovative project presents an ecological, practical and noise-free solution for suburban traffic. Some common tasks, garbage collection for example, consume large quantities of hydrocarbon, as the motorized vehicles used to carry out the task constantly stop and go, then pick-up speed only to break, stop and go once again just around the corner. With the possible use of E-carriages, tradition would thus merge with technology- and what could be better than that!