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ELECTRIC TRUCK * USA - Testing at Los Angeles port sparks enthusiasm
Los Angeles,CAL,USA -The Los Angeles Times, by Louis Sahagun -June 26, 2008: -- Michael Fluegal is a self-described "diesel big-rig driver at heart," but he never realized how irritating the noisy, smoke-belching monsters were until he climbed into the cab of the world's most powerful electric heavy-duty truck and turned on the ignition... "The only thing you hear is a hum and rolling tires -- and there's zero emissions," said Fluegal, the designated driver of the 30-ton prototype vehicle that Port of Los Angeles authorities view as a forerunner of a fleet of electric trucks to serve terminals and rail yards... Stepping on the accelerator and making a hard left turn into harbor traffic on a recent weekday, the husky 6-foot-4 port maintenance worker said, "I don't come home from work smelling like diesel gasoline after breathing the fumes all day."Added Fluegal:"It performs as well as any other truck its size in the port," said Fluegal, 42. "They say it can go 40 mph, but I got it up to 42 mph."... (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times - Michael Fluegal, an L.A. Harbor Department employee, drives the Nautilus E30, one of the world's most powerful electric heavy duty trucks. The driver, at heart a diesel fan, says the quiet, nonpolluting vehicle 'performs as well as any other truck its size in the port.') - See VideoLabels: electric trucks
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