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Electric Trucks * USA - A New Manhattan Project
South Kearny, N.J.,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jul 7, 2010: -- If you think one truck is much like another, talk to Frank Rubino. His all-electric pickup and delivery truck — a 26,000 pound gross vehicle weight straight truck from Smith Electric Vehicles — isn’t quite like any truck I’ve been in before... Yes, it looks like a straight truck, but there are big and little differences... 
There’s no gearbox, no shifting. There’s no engine under the cab, just a computer. There’s no fuel tank — though you will see a set of big, blocky batteries — and there’s a charger where the truck is “plugged in.” And it’s extremely quiet... Since March, New Deal Logistics has been running a pair of electric trucks and Rubino has become the carrier’s electric vehicle expert. “It’s like driving a big golf cart,” he says. A golf cart that can haul 10,000 pounds...
Now he not only enjoys driving the truck, it’s opened new doors for him...Labels: electric trucks
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