"GREEN" TRUCKS * USA - All-electric port trucks ready to roll

Balqon locally builds rigs that haul containers 30 to 70 miles on a charge

Harbor City,CAL,USA -The Press Telegram, by Kristopher Hanson -24 Feb 2009: -- Nestled within earshot of America's busiest seaport, the world's first assembly line dedicated to the production of all-electric heavy- duty trucks rolled out its first rig Tuesday... The zero-emission rig, which will haul cargo containers from local marine terminals to area railyards, is the first of 25 such trucks being built by a team of about 50 line workers, engineers and craftsmen at the Balqon Corporation factory here... Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa test-drives a new zero-emission truck built by Balqon in Harbor City on Tuesday, in one of Southern California's few remaining automotive production plants... (Photo by Steven Georges - The all-electric trucks are suited for hauling of cargo from marine terminals, and, depending on load weight, can travel up to 70 miles on a single charge)