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Mack Trucks introduces medium-duty Mack MD Electric; 2nd BEV in lineup

Green Car Congress

The MD Series cab design features a short bumper-to-back-of-cab (BBC) measurement of 103 inches, an industry best. The Mack MD Electric will be supported by Mack dealers, many of which are already Mack Certified Electric Vehicle (EV) dealers. Mack Trucks is part of the Volvo Group.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. Do you think a dealer takes more care of the scooter than we do? Since then he has stayed with the same battery. In extreme cold, there is a drop of about 5% in range. But age related range degradation has not been significant. Delivery times are down 70 to 80% with experience.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GMs management (and the Unions) for decades acted with total impunity and absolute arrogance towards the consumer and real world economics. Even in their resurrected state, they dont have a prayer against toyota, honda, hyundai, and their worst nightmare, CHINA… — Seren 21.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

dealer network. The first car will be the Wheego Whip, which is most certainly not a smart for two, and the plan is to find 50 dealers in America who want to sell them. I would however, take a serious look at smaller companies that have developed some very exciting alternative energy technology.

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