"I was mobbed" Betty Westman said. For five hours she answered questions while showing off her NmG to the curious crowd at the "Watcha Gonna Drive" show sponsored by the Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy of Nevada County. Other than the quick break one of her friends gave her, Betty never stopped talking about the NmG. Hundreds of people wanted to see it and learn more.

Betty started seriously thinking about driving an electric vehicle to help the environment after seeing one at Davis University's annual Whole Earth Festival two years ago. She actually ordered an EV from another manufacturer but faced several months of delivery delays and broken promises. During those delays Betty learned that the vehicle she had ordered would not be able to handle the foothills of the Sierra Mountains where she lives. Betty asked for a refund of her deposit and kept looking. She considered another manufacturer, but didn't want to pay $100,000 to wait for a couple of years to get one.

Finally Betty found Myers Motors and ordered an NmG. A nice red one was already in California and ready to go. Her NmG was delivered in August of 2006. Since Betty is an organic gardener who sells tomatoes to local markets, she calls the red NmG her "little red tomato." Betty drives her "little red tomato" the 15 miles to Nevada City to shop. Two of the markets she visits particularly love the attention they receive with her EV parked in front of their stores and let her recharge for free while she shops.

Betty bought her NmG without a test drive so she is delighted with how the EV handles. She said, "It has more zip on the highway than my Toyota pickup. It handles like a little sports car." She also said, "I love being in the center of the cockpit. Getting back into my truck makes me feel like I'm in the wrong spot." Betty expressed how fun driving her NmG is, "It reminds me of how I felt when I was a kid and first got my license. Driving is fun again."

People love Betty's NmG. Her friends think it is really cool and other drivers often give her the "thumbs up" when they see her. More importantly, driving electric lets her demonstrate her support for the environment. The theatre announced that she had brought her vehicle to the Nevada City premier of the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car." During the intermission, hundreds of people went to the lot to see her NmG and see that the electric vehicle isn't really dead - it just doesn't depend on Detroit any more.