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Smith Electric powers ahead with utility truck

Green Cars News

A battery powered, all electric utility truck with an aerial device has been produced by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation in association with Altec Industries Inc. The company will provide test data to Smith Electric and Altec for the creation of the production model. The full battery recharge takes six-eight hours.

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Smith Electric trucks go stateside

Green Cars News

Electric trucks created in Washington, Tyne & Wear are today on the roads of Washington DC. Four major US corporations and two utility companies took delivery of the Smith Newton, the largest road-going electric truck in North America. It can be recharged in six hours.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

Fleet Orders · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – 1,800 · City of Chicago - 850 vehicles · Shohomish County, WA - 300 · City of Seattle - 410 · Kansas City, MO - 120 · Capital Metro (Transit agency in Austin) - 165 · ABC Lawn and Pest Control (Austin) - 150 Cities Cities continue to join the Plug-In Partners coalition.

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Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

EV Adoption

In essence, unlike single-family households with garages, these car owners don’t control their own charging destiny. But I recently came across an article and data that suggests that perhaps more than one-third of US households with garages don’t actually park their cars in them. The study by Jamey M. Volker and Calvin G.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Click on images of cars 1, 6-8, or 10-12 for high-resolution images (media may use with credit: CalCars.org). City of Santa Monica, May 2006 EnergyCS Los Angeles County, CA rick.sikes@smgov.net 12. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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