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"GREEN" NEWS * USA - Utility Trouble Trucks Coming to California
CAL,USA -blog.wired/AQMD, EPRI /Green Car Congress, by Mark Durham & John Gartner & Bruce Gain -8 Feb 2007: -- A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) system for utility trouble trucks and vans is being developed in a $1.6 million joint effort in California. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Ford, Eaton Corporation, and the California South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) are joining forces to develop the PHEV "boom trucks," with AQMD ponying up $300,000 from its Clean Fuels Fund... Main Points: * Reduced fuel consumption, emissions, and operating costs
* Use of grid electricity for part of the vehicle's daily duty cycle
* Regenerative braking with four-wheel drive capability
* 30 kW of standby AC generation capacity, with 5kW of export power and standby operation time of at least six hours to run the bucket, power tools, lights, and accessories without running the engine
* Advanced battery packaging, charging, and cooling systems with a five-year lifespan
* Use of grid electricity for part of the vehicle's daily duty cycle
* Regenerative braking with four-wheel drive capability
* 30 kW of standby AC generation capacity, with 5kW of export power and standby operation time of at least six hours to run the bucket, power tools, lights, and accessories without running the engine
* Advanced battery packaging, charging, and cooling systems with a five-year lifespan
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