In the grand tradition of corporations making tiny green steps in the right direction, Coca Cola has announced it will be deploying 185 hybrid
electric delivery trucks in 2009.
The young Mexican company Vehizero has been making hybrid gas /
electric delivery trucks that have been selling so fast that orders are backlogged.
UPS announced Tuesday its plans to deploy 50
electric delivery trucks that will rival the costs of traditional fuel vehicles.
Daimler, the largest truck manufacturer in the world by sales, will begin production this year on
an electric delivery truck.
Now DHL (Deutsche Post)-- one of the very companies responsible for delivering all those over-sized Amazon boxes to our doors — is getting into the electric vehicle business, selling a small,
all electric delivery truck that it developed for its own operations.
Not exact matches
It was also the first manufacturer in Canada to introduce all -
electric, zero - emissions, green - powered
delivery trucks.
The company's U.S. unit is also ramping up production of
electric sanitation and
delivery trucks, as well as buses, at a new in Lancaster, California, that factory that opened late this year in anticipation of growing demand.
PepsiCo operates the largest all -
electric delivery vehicle fleet in America, and The Coca - Cola Company operates the largest heavy - duty hybrid
electric commercial
truck fleet in North America, as Brune and Paglia point out.
Electricity could spark savings in
delivery trucks John Boesel, president and CEO of the clean transportation consortium CALSTART, said at the BSR event that he's confident there are also some attractive applications for
electric platforms in the trucking sector.
It now operates 360 hybrid -
electric trucks and 200
electric vehicles and is replacing many of its
delivery trucks with «right - sized» Sprinter - type vans that are as much as 100 percent more fuel efficient than their predecessors.
The alternative - powertrain
truck company started off building hybrid -
electric delivery vans; the start - up has sold 125 vans to UPS to date, with another 200 on order.
The CT - 1 is a small
electric vehicle that could be used as a
delivery truck.
A major player in the
truck leasing and rental business is now the exclusive sales partner for Chanje, a medium - duty
electric vehicle company, and will soon be taking
delivery of 125 of the company's vans for its rental customers.
Electric city buses, trains, semi
trucks,
delivery vehicles, shuttles, and even airplanes are either already in operation or currently under development, but the news of this particular project caught my attention for another reason.
Or, the
truck that stops by once a week for
deliveries can be converted to
electric and charged by wind.
Car company Toyota has unveiled an autonomous, fully
electric concept vehicle that could function as a communal taxi,
delivery truck or mobile shop, depending on the time of day.
Volvo's new parallel diesel /
electric hybrid, with its regenerative braking system, is best suited to heavy vehicles making frequent stops like
delivery trucks, busses, and trash haulers.
Although much of the attention on
electric mobility tends to focus on
electric cars, powering buses,
trucks, and
delivery vehicles with electricity could also have a big impact on reducing local air pollution.
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