article thumbnail

Smith Electric trucks go stateside

Green Cars News

Coca-Cola, Staples, Frito-Lay, AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) are the first Newton customers in the USA. It is produced in North America by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation, based in Kansas City, Missouri. It can be recharged in six hours.

article thumbnail

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

Charged EVs

I could drive a Class 8 truck over a light-duty charger, and it will activate one pad of that truck and still charge. Charged : Tell me about your Kansas City International Airport project. We have a common module that can serve any vehicle from any OEM in any geography. It’s an exciting time.

article thumbnail

Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Progress Energy Corporation by Advanced Vehicle Research Center , with Hymotion kit, July 2007 (Raleigh, NC), contact Mike.Ligett@. Nick and Pat City & County of San Francisco , Prius by: Green Gears , using A123/Hymotion system, Feb, 2008 (Pats Garage San Francisco, CA) Contact: (415) 860-3510 or info@. Contact LMirisola@.

Prius 48