Battery-electric Trucks - UK - Tanfield Group to supply TNT

London,UK -EEMS (Energy Efficient Motorsport) -17 May 2006: -- Tanfield Group plc has announced that its zero emission vehicle operation, Smith Electric Vehicles, has entered into an agreement with TNT, the parcel delivery business. Smith will provide its new ‘Newton’ 7.5 tonne electric vehicles to TNT... The new vehicles utilise the Faraday driveline technology developed for the current Smith models, adapted to accommodate greater payloads...

* - In the US
Azure Dynamics, a developer of hybrid electric and electric powertrains for commercial and military vehicles, has supplied the US Postal Service with its first parallel hybrid electric delivery vehicle. Powered by Azure's proprietary hybrid electric powertrain, the truck was unveiled yesterday in Boston, Mass...