My girlfriend and I came across this picture in my friend's phone a few nights ago. It's a Emergency vehicle from Taneytown, MD (said "Tawney-town. Don't ask why the hell it's pronounced like that, no one knows), it's a Blazer, and it's electric. I'm just wondering what the heck is going on here? How'd they get an electric Blazer? Why would they use it for emergency purposes? Would it even stand up to a normal gas-powered Blazer? etc.



-Joe

 

Don't know anything about electric cars, but I think it would be weird to have to plug in your truck every night...

 

gm made electric s10s, i don't know about blazers, you know its electric for sure? i'd think some sort of block heater or battery charger.

 

I'm no scientist, but it looks to me like they are charging it.

 

Could be just a quick access block heater. It would kinda defeat the purpose for an emergency vehicle.

 

Haha No its not electric. That is a quick disconnect charger. All of our firetrucks and most every newer emergency vehicle have one but im not sure why they decided to put it right there on the fender. It plugs in and is wired to keep things inside the vehicle charged. Such as flashlights, defibrillator, radios, heart monitors, etc. They may also have that one wired to a block heater but other than that it has nothing to do with the motor. The plug-in is also spring loaded so that when you crank the vehicle it will pop out and you dont have to worry about unplugging it.

 

That's pretty neat, actually.

 

Yea pretty much all emergency vehicles have those o keep stuff charged. But there was an electric blazer in 98. In competed in some competition. I think it was custom though. They're parting it out on the local craigslist.

 

some guy is turning his blazer into a hybrid and theres a build thread floating around somewhere...

 

not electric... but would ROFL if the fire dept pulled up, and while one dude hooked up the hose, the other guy knocked on the door to borrow ane extension cord