It is the best of times and the worst of times for Pushpak Motors, the fleet of eco-friendly, battery-powered, street-and-sidewalk legal tricycles owned by serial entrepreneur, former music executive and Sonoma resident Howard Sapper. Pushpak has established a solid place in the local tourism trade, winning Viator accolades as a top-ten North American beverage tour experience and funneling tens of thousands of tourists around Sonoma’s scenic and vineyard-flavored byways.
The most recent good news: Sapper’s micromobility business has two new venues on board for his Wine Country tours , with the recent addition of the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn and Hamilton Family Winery in Kenwood, where Pushpak offers a “Trike Tour and Tasting” experience in conjunction with a seated wine sampling at Hamilton, a charming new boutique winery just off Highway 12.
Meanwhile Howard is seeking Sonoma City permission for a license to use larger electric vehicles for history tours, ora 45-percent t general transport around Sonoma, reducing auto traffic congestion and reducing GHG emissions…