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ElectraMeccanica and Tevva to merge; targeting electric commercial trucks in UK, Europe and US

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battery-electric truck to commercial fleet customers focused on urban delivery—a critical and high-growth segment of the overall commercial truck market for delivery-dependent urban areas. Our vehicles have undertaken more than 300,000 miles of testing and operating experience in real-world conditions by demanding fleet operators.

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Lightning Hybrids renames itself Lightning Systems; rollout of new lineup of fleet efficiency products

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Lightning Systems also announced that in the next two years it will introduce a new lineup of fleet efficiency products to support commercial and government fleets. The system is available now with the Lightning Hybrids system, and will be available standalone in Fall 2017. —Tim Reeser.

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Eaton hybrid systems log 100M miles in service, reduce fuel consumption by 4M gallons

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Eaton Corporation announced that customers of its hybrid systems have collectively accumulated more than 100 million miles of service, reducing fuel consumption by 4 million gallons of diesel fuel and harmful emissions by 40,000 metric tons.

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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The addition of the 92 trucks increases the FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles by more than 50%, from 172 to 264. Tags: Conversions Fleets Hybrids. FedEx Corp. over the past six months.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold 200,000 EVs worldwide so far; 58% ZEV market share

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billion miles)—enough to circle the earth 100,000 times. Renault’s top markets in Europe—its main electric vehicle market—are France, Germany and the United Kingdom. to La Poste, France’s national postal service and operator of the country’s largest corporate fleet. went on sale in October 2011.

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Toyota to Lease 200 PHEVs in Japan Starting at End of 2009, 500 Globally; Gen3 Prius Plus Li-ion Pack

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin leasing approximately 200 plug-in versions of its third-generation Prius ( earlier post ) equipped with lithium-ion battery packs in Japan starting at the end of this year. The leases will be to designated users such as government ministries, local governments and corporations.

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Smith Electric Vehicles US Selects Kansas City for Electric Truck Assembly Plant; Newton Model to Be First

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Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation ( SEV US ) has selected Kansas City as the site for its US assembly plant. SEV US Corp will initially focus its production on battery-electric-powered vehicles for depot-based predictable-route delivery fleets. The SEV US Newton. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)