* England - Tevva Motors debuts low-emissions truck
(Image: A prototype Tevva truck in the CV Show, this week)
-- What its maker claims is the first practical, economically viable low-emissions 7.5 tonne delivery truck made its public debut at the CV Show this week... Tevva Motors, (originally Teva Motors) was set up by Israeli entrepreneur Asher Bennett in 2012 to develop an electric range-extended 7.5-tonne truck. The prototype, competed in January, attracted “lots of interest and an over-whelming positive response” at the CV Show according to Tevva’s business project manager Richard Lidstone-Scott... This pure battery-electric truck makes an electric 7.5-tonner operationally viable and commercially attractive. It involves a pair of lithium-ion batteries, mains- charged overnight, powering an electric traction motor with reduction gearbox.This drives the truck’s standard rear axle via a shortened prop-shaft...
The batteries alone provide a range of up to 130km but a 1.6-litre Ford diesel engine charges the batteries too, typically during the stem part of the route into an urban delivery area where the truck would run in zero-emission mode solely on battery power, returning to base with the diesel engine charging again. A predictive energy management system determines the best use of the diesel engine to deliver optimum battery performance. This strategy is reckoned to prolong battery life to around 10 years, give virtually unlimited daily range and make best use of cheap overnight electricity for charging...
Brentwood, Essex, EN, UK - Commercial Motor, by David Wilcox - 17 April 2015
* Australia - Smith Electric looks to plug into future with Melbourne assembly plant
-- Electric truck maker Smith Electric says Melbourne is a leading candidate to house a local assembly plant provided the company can secure enough orders... Smith would open a local assembly plant employing up to 40 people provided it could secure about 1000 vehicle orders annually... In the USA, Smith Electric CEO Bryan Hansel said, its vehicles are selling to snack food giant Frito Lay and global delivery service FedEx... Toll has been trialling a 10-tonne truck in Brisbane but is yet to commit to any orders... The converted Avia truck is powered by a Lithium-ion 80kW battery, which gives it a range of about 130km and a six-hour recharge time. Larger batteries can give the truck a range of about 240km — ideal, says Mr Hansel, for daily urban delivery routes... Larger electric vehicles have struggled to win over users mainly because of their much higher price tag...
(Photo: Smith Newton electric truck) -- Melbourne, VIC, Australia - The Herald Sun, by John Dagge - APRIL 19, 2015Labels: electric truckmakers worldwide
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