MIT study concludes V2G-enabled electric commercial trucks could offer lower total operating cost than conventional diesel fleet
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Staples currently has 53 all-electric trucks, manufactured by Missouri-based Smith Electric Vehicles, in use in several American cities. Trucks with internal-combustion engines averaged 10.14 miles per gallon, compared to 11.56 miles per gallon for hybrid trucks, while the electric-only trucks averaged 0.8 kilowatt-hours per mile.
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