The Port of Los Angeles is surrounded by extremely bad air quality. The primary culprit is “Drayage Trucks” that carry cargo containers from cargo ships to rail terminals a few miles away. There are thousands of these trucks, and they’re making daily trips back and forth, back and forth, to…
We like to honor correct use of words, so that we know what everyone is saying. If we don’t guard against losing the track of the meaning of each word, we run the risk of being unable to communicate. What would “Hybrid Truck” mean to you? A truck with a…
Hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric trucks for commercial fleets could see greater adoption thanks to an agreement between Meineke and Echo Automotive. Meineke and Echo Automotive have signed an agreement under which Echo’s hybrid truck conversion kit can be installed at Meineke service centers. This will increase the availability of…
Every year zillions of gallons of fossil fuel on idling work trucks, where an electrified work truck would prevent that fuel from being burned. My home Internet connection is down, and hopefully the AT&T truck shown here is operated by the technician who will fix things. Watching his truck in…
Electric Vehicles International (EVI-INC) announced today a goal of deploying 500 electric delivery trucks in California over the next two years, piggy-backing on Gov. Jerry Brown’s executive order last week calling for the expansion of electric truck and car usage. Electric Vehicles International (EVI), a Stockton CA based electric truck…
Bright Automotive, would-be manufacturer of a plug-in hybrid delivery van, shut down today while CEO Reuben Munger and COO Mike Donoughe delivered a blistering letter to Energy Secretary Stephen Chu calling the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program a debacle. Indiana based Bright Automotive, a start-up company which hoped to sell hybrid-electric delivery trucks, has closed its…
Via Motors unveiled today their “extended range electric” truck meant for commercial fleet customers, such as their partner Pacific Gas and Electric. Via Motors today unveiled their plug-in hybrid (a.k.a. extended range electric) trucks today at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Joining Via Motors was a…
A recent announcement has set off a small flurry of articles about an electric city bus design presented by Sinautec Automobile Technologies. They demonstrated a electric city bus design incorporating ultracapacitors for energy storage. This fits into efforts by multiple transit agencies to reduce the carbon footprint of bus fleets…
Port facilities today have a flurry of trucks involved with unloading containers from ships and driving them a short distance for delivery. Diesel exhaust in and around marine ports is an important public health issue and air quality concern. The U.S. EPA has designated diesel exhaust as a likely human…
The U.S. Postal Service has a lot of vehicles on the road every day through mud and sleet and all that. Their vehicle fleet is one of the largest on the planet. They’ve long had efforts to study alternative fuel vehicles and recently announced a one-for-one replacement of 6,500 vehicles…
It’s well known that burning diesel fuel emits many harmful byproducts with global warming and negative health effects. CARB studies show that diesel particulate matter contributes to premature death, lung cancer, decreased lung function in children, chronic bronchitis, respiratory and cardiovascular problems, asthma, respiratory symptoms, and is a potent global…
