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Nov 21, 2012

TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA & Canada

* Illinois - Chicago to electrify trash truck fleet

(Photo: At 52,000 pounds, these all-electric trucks will be the biggest pure EVs on American roads, and it will be interesting to see how the city of Chicago's program pans out)
Chicago,ILL,USA -Truck News (CAN) -Nov 19, 2012: -- The city of Chicago will deploy the heaviest electric trucks in the US, as it deploys 20 Class 8 electric vehicle refuse trucks... The trucks will weigh 52,000 lbs and have a range of 60 miles... They’ll be powered by Motiv Power Systems, using its electric powertrain control system (ePCS)... The five-year contract is worth US$13.4 million... The ePCS system uses off-the-shelf batteries and motors and can handle trucks ranging from medium-duty to Class 8, weighing 15,000-52,000 lbs. The city of Chicago expects the trucks to reduce operating cost by 50% over an eight-year period...

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