NC Zoo Celebrates National Drive Electric Week

The North Carolina Zoo celebrates its new electric tractor with a ribbon cutting at an event celebrating National Drive Electric Week on Sept. 29 at the zoo in Asheboro. The event showcased how the zoo is using electric vehicles and attendees got to see and test electric cars, scooters, and more.

Below right, left to right: Walker Moffitt, mayor pro tempore and member of the NC Zoo Council, Patricia Simmons, director and CEO at North Carolina Zoo, and Eddie Burks, Asheboro City Council member, cut the ribbon.

(Photos by Scott Pelkey / Randolph Record)

By Scott Pelkey