* France: A WORLD FIRST: Largest electric-powered truck !!
Paris,France -STEF-TFE (PR) -13 Oct 2011: -- The world's largest electric-powered truck undergoing tests with Carrefour... Renault presented the keys of an all-electric 16 t. Renault Midlum to the logistics company STEF-TFE... This new vehicle it is to be tested over a one-year period and will be supplying fresh products to Carrefour Group store chains in the Lyon conurbation. It is the result of a technological partnership between Renault Trucks, PVI and IFP Energies nouvelles... This 16 ton all-electric Renault Midlum is an experimental vehicle. It is the largest all-electric truck ever put on the road for the distribution of fresh food products in an urban environment... Using this silent truck will mean that deliveries to town centre stores can be made early in the morning (between 5 AM and 7 AM) to respect the peace and quiet of local residents. The all-electric refrigerated truck will then travel to the Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu logistics platform so that it can make a delivery to the Carrefour Planet store at Vénissieux in the early afternoon. Altogether, it will cover a distance of 75 km...
* Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso tests heavy-duty hybrid-electric trucks
(Photo: Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck hits the Japan)
Saiwai-ku,Kawasaki-shi,Kanagawa,Japan -ABR (UK) -26 October 2011: -- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), an Asia-based commercial vehicle manufacturer, said it is testing a hybrid-electric version of its Super Great heavy-duty highway truck... The heavy-duty hybrid-electric trucks, which the company plans to commercialize in the future, demonstrated significant fuel efficiency improvements over conventional diesel-only vehicles during the testing... The heavy-duty hybrid truck technology is based on the technology used in the Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck, which is in commercial operation since 2006... Daimler Trucks' Global Hybrid Center (GHC), which is located within MFTBC's operations in Japan, is developing the hybrid heavy-duty truck...
* The Netherlands - Amsterdam starts world’s first large scale electric car sharing
Amsterdam,Holland -Dutch Daily News -Oct 28, 2011: -- Amsterdam has launched one of the world’s first large-scale, all-electric vehicle car sharing fleets with Daimler’s Car2go program... Beginning November 24th, 300 smart fortwo electric drive vehicles will be available for on-demand mobility, without the necessity of returning them to a fixed rental station. Even recharging of the electric vehicles is not mandatory after each rental, because the range of the smart fortwo electric drive is eight to ten times higher than the average operating distance of a car2go rental. Amsterdam will be the fifth city with a car2go service globally, but the first in Europe with an all-electric fleet... Labels: electric truckmakers worldwide
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