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XL Fleet launches pilot program with Essential Utilities, Inc. to electrify its utility fleet

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If the pilot is successful on the first two platforms, Essential plans on electrifying a larger percentage of its fleet with XL Fleet’s hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric drive systems beginning in 2021. XL Fleet announced that Essential Utilities, Inc. —Charles Stevenson, Vice President of Fleet Operations at Essential.

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XL Fleet expands XLP PHEV drive system for use in multiple GM fleet applications

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XL Fleet announced that the Company’s XLP plug-in hybrid electric drive technology is being expanded for use across a range of fleet vehicles from General Motors. The company believes its expanded portfolio will further extend its leadership position in fleet electrification. Upon closing, the combined company will be named XL Fleet Corp.

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XL Fleet offering hybrid electric upfit for Ram 2500 and 3500 heavy-duty pickups

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XL Fleet’s newest product represents the fourth OEM platform on which its electrification systems are compatible, which also includes hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric drive solutions for Ford, General Motors and Isuzu fleet vehicles. The XLH hybrid electric drive system is now available for select Ram 2500 / 3500 models with the 6.4L

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EV Power Systems Targeting PHEV Retrofit at Electric Utility Truck Fleets

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(EVPS) and Energy Dimensions, LLC entered a partnership to market EVPS’ plug-in, hybrid-electric (PHEV) retrofit drive system for electric utility, light-duty trucks. The new PHEV systems increases fuel economy by 30% with a return on investment (ROI) of approximately 30% at current fuel prices in start/stop applications, according to EVPS.

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Flash Drive: 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup

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Like Nothing Else On the Road. Which 2022 GMC Hummer EV pickup truck do you want to own? The one in WTF mode (Watts To Freedom in GM’s sanitized parlance) that takes the 9,200-pound pickup 0-60 mph in three seconds? Or the one that, with all-wheel steering, delivers a completely different off-road experience from a conventional 4X4? The estimated 3.5

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FIRST TIMER: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E

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In our First Timer series we speak with people who purchased their first electric, plug-in hybrid electric or hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle. To get better fuel economy during the oil crisis I owned a Mustang II with a V6, but it really wasn’t all that bad. Transition: Iconic Mustang Coupe to the Mustang Mach-E.

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