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Nov 15, 2010

OPINION: ELECTRIC VEHICLES * USA - The need for EVs

Washington,DC,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -November 15, 2010: -- Frederick Smith, chairman, president and CEO, FedEx Corp., believes the wholesale electrification of light-duty commercial vehicles is an absolutely vital transportation strategy the U.S. needs to embark on right away, for the most fundamental of reasons... It’s not because all-electric vehicles (EVs) would help the U.S. transportation sector be “greener” (although that’s nice) by reducing vehicle exhaust pollution, nor is it because EVs can cost a lot less to operate while delivering significant life cycle cost savings for fleets (which is even nicer)... No, Smith boils the needs for EVs in the country down to one single word: survival... “Over half of the oil used by our country is now imported, with most of it coming from unstable regions of the world, from countries that don’t share our values,” he said... Smith said that the biggest benefit with EVs is that the production and distribution infrastructure for this alternative fuel – electricity – already is well established in the U.S., with a number of all-domestic sources of energy able to generate it in the necessary quantities... (Photo: a FedEx Modec truck)

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Blogger AG Photography said...

The truck Frederick Smith needs is available today, off-the shelf from SEV-US (www.sev-us.com). SEV US produces the all electric "Newton" based on a modified Czech built AVIA chassis cab.

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