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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

Charged EVs

This reporter recalls a presentation from the long-vanished British firm Modec, a startup making light delivery vans, which said even back in 2009 that fleet managers would see a lifetime payback on what were then very expensive BEV cargo vans. None of the “import” brands currently offer light commercial EVs in the US.

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

This reporter recalls a presentation from the long-vanished British firm Modec, a startup making light delivery vans, which said even back in 2009 that fleet managers would see a lifetime payback on what were then very expensive BEV cargo vans. None of the “import” brands currently offer light commercial EVs in the US.

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CleanFUEL USA Secures $12.9 Million from US DOE for 100+ Propane Refueling Stations

Green Car Congress

The program will roll out in two phases and focus on cities that have a presence of existing and potential autogas fleets, autogas fuel availability as well as available staff and resources from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC). school buses, shuttle buses, medium and light duty trucks, etc.),

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Ford and Smith Terminate Partnership on Electric Transit Connect Project for US; Ford Now Partnering with Azure Dynamics to Deliver the Vehicle in 2010; Smith Partnering with AM General on Electric Vans for USPS

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company and Smith Electric Vehicles US (SEV US) have mutually agreed to terminate the development project of an electric car-derived van based on Transit Connect. It was concerned that the market for electric car-derived vans would become increasingly competitive. Battery electric Ford Focus passenger car in 2011.

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Smith Electric trucks go stateside

Green Cars News

Coca-Cola, Staples, Frito-Lay, AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) are the first Newton customers in the USA. It is produced in North America by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation, based in Kansas City, Missouri. It can be recharged in six hours.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

The Plug-In Partners campaign has now surpassed 6,000 fleet orders. Soft” fleet orders are a critical component of the Plug-In Partners goal of demonstrating to automakers that a market exists for flexible fuel plug-in hybrids. As fleet orders increase, city governments around the country also continue to join the coalition.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. I could drive a Class 8 truck over a light-duty charger, and it will activate one pad of that truck and still charge.