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Smith Electric Vehicles to open manufacturing facility in Chicago

Green Car Congress

Smith said its decision to locate a facility in Chicago was influenced by the Mayor’s innovative voucher system created to accelerate the conversion from diesel to zero-emission, all-electric commercial vehicles, the large number of fleets interested in vehicle electrification, and the development incentives made available to Smith.

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

Charged EVs

We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. Or they’re saying you have to buy [up to] two electric buses to replace every diesel bus because of this battery behavior impact. In our Gothenburg and Oslo taxi projects, the chargers are at the taxi stands.