]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/electric-trucks Blog Articles Tagged with 'electric-trucks' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/152672?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UKFedEx Express will start using ten Modec all-electric trucks in its UK fleet. If your packages happen to be delivered by these zero-tailpipe-emission vehicles, you won't mistake the truck (above) for an older, dirtier van. ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/152672?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:32:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/150679?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UKDespite the tightening of economies world-wide, Modec, that UK manufacturer of all-electric trucks, seems to be plodding solidly ahead with new marketing efforts and more sales. We were just telling you about its continuing... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/150679?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:02:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/145109?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: Etc., Green DailyImage by SirWiseOwl. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.As New Zealand resident and Flickr user SirWiseOwl writes, We need a sense of humor to get us through these continuous gas/petrol price rises. That was ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/145109?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:28:24 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/136769?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks This article was written by Alex Steffen in January 2008. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective.Today's cars are costly, dangerous and an ecological nightmare. What if the solution to the problems they create, t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/136769?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:09:40 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/136588?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UKModec is continuing its quest for world domination having made the jump across the Irish sea. In both Northern Ireland and the Republic proper, the electric truck company has good news to report. First, in the Republic the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/136588?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:38:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129376?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: HybridAzure Dynamics doesn't make the world's flashiest hybrids, but the company's Balance Hybrid Electric system built into Ford E450 chassis are regularly sold to utilities and other fleet operators. The latest order, for three such ve... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/129376?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:30:41 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/125663?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks By Michael HoexterThis is the fifth in a series on how we can build an energy future based on our best science and no longer critically dependent upon exhaustible and polluting fossil fuels. Promoting battery and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/125663?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:25:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/125118?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks By Michael HoexterThis is the fourth in a series on how we can build an energy future based on our best science and no longer critically dependent upon exhaustible and polluting fossil fuels. The tripartite approach allows our society to cut oil ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/125118?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:40:52 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/120614?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks NPR references an NRDC study on the number of barrels of oil that could be saved each day by moving America drivers into plug in hybrids Reuters and over 100 other outlets are talking today about NRDC's newest report on the progress (and the lack ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/120614?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:36:02 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/119687?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Phoenix, Spy ShotsClick above image to enlargeBlogger extraordinaire Mickey Kaus recently spied the above SUV innocuously parked in Santa Monica and sent us the photos, wondering if we had any clue what it is. As luck would h... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/119687?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:21:19 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/117526?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Manufacturing/PlantsEven though the British Tanfield Group that manufactures Smith electric trucks has a product that should be seeing growing demand in a time of record oil prices, the overall economic malaise is hitting the... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/117526?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:36:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/115662?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Based on supply chain and cost issues, the UK-based Tanfield Group is retrenching its Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) business a bit. In a trading update published 1 July in advance of its interim results, the Tanfield Group said that its Directors hav... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/115662?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:27:42 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/113227?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks The Port Authority of Los Angeles has taken to the idea of using electric trucks for hauling, and they aren't messing around with rinky-dink trucks. Nope, they've tried out an EV truck with some major pulling power. It can go as fast as 40 MPH, as fa... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/113227?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:46:15 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/112621?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: EV/Plug-inThe Port of Los Angeles is a testing ground for alternative powertrains, mostly LNG trucks and, well, LNG trucks. But battery-powered heavy duty vehicles are not being left out of picture, with the Port and the South Coast Air ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/112621?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:31:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/104888?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks The Nautilus E-30 electric drayage truck.The Port of Los Angeles and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) introduced an all-electric heavy-duty short-haul drayage truck the first of its kind that can pull a 60,000-pound cargo ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/104888?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Sat, 17 May 2008 12:21:26 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/104211?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: EV/Plug-in, UKThe electric truck industry in the UK appears to be going into overdrive! Modec continues to land new accounts with their uniquely-engineered vehicle while over at Smith EV, they are celebrating a purchase order from their ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/104211?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Wed, 14 May 2008 19:13:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-911/104163?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Did you know that UPS trucks have a No Left Turn policy on deliveries? The company has taken another step toward energy conservation [1] by ordering 500 more hybrid and compressed natural gas (CNG) delivery vehicles.UPS calls its trucks the Green F... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-911/104163?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Wed, 14 May 2008 16:42:17 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/104158?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, AFVI Show, NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle)click to enlargeThe Neighborhood Electric Vehicle market is not exactly huge, and there are already some established players involved: Miles, Zenn, GEM. S... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/autobloggreen/104158?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Wed, 14 May 2008 15:43:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/103732?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks The TNT Newton.Business-to-business express delivery company TNT, has ordered 100 Newton electric delivery trucks manufactured by Smith Electric Vehicles. This order is in addition to the 50 vehicles ordered last year. (Earlier post.) The new fleet o... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/103732?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Tue, 13 May 2008 09:45:06 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/101277?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Last week, I attended a community meeting in Long Beach to discuss a potential intermodal rail yard expansion project. After the railroad representatives gave their presentation on why the expansion is good for the local community, good for business ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/switchboard/101277?rsstype=tag&tag=electric-trucks Fri, 02 May 2008 19:16:19 -0400