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Oct 5, 2016

TESLA's SALES * USA: 3rd. Q more than double, yearly basis

* California - Company posts best sales quarter ever while looking to raise more cash to begin producing Model 3

--- Tesla Motors Inc. posted its best sales quarter ever as the electric-vehicle maker prepares to raise the added cash it needs to begin production of its Model 3 sedan, which is aimed at the mass market... Chief Executive Elon Musk wanted a strong third quarter to help build his fund-raising case for the Model 3’s production line and for the company’s Gigafactory, a massive battery-making facility in Nevada... On Sunday, Tesla said third-quarter global deliveries of its vehicles more than doubled from a year earlier to 24,500. They included 15,800 Model S sedans and 8,700 Model X sport-utility vehicles. An additional 5,500 cars were in transit to customers and will be counted in fourth-quarter sales, said the company, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif... After Tesla began taking reservations for the Model 3 this year, strong demand led it to say it would hit its sales target of 500,000 annually in 2018, two years earlier than expected... 
(Photo by DAVID PAUL MORRIS/BLOOMBERG NEWS - Tesla Motors said Sunday the company posted its best sales quarter ever, with global deliveries of 24,500 vehicles) -- CAL, USA - The WSJ, by TIM HIGGINS - Oct. 2, 2016

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May 19, 2015

ELECTRIC TRUCK SALES * USA: Prognosis to 2023

* California - Sales of electric drive commercial trucks & buses to expand & strenghten

-- A recent report predicts sales of electric-drive commercial trucks and buses to expand and strengthen more than 805,000 from 2014 to 2023. According to Navigant Research, the report probes and researches the global market for commercial vehicles that use electric-drive vehicle technology. The report contains world market forecasts for sales and the number of vehicles in use through 2023... Studying and analyzing the global market for commercial vehicles that use electric drive technology, the report, Electric Drive Trucks and Buses, composed of market forecasts for sales through 2023, notes fleet managers’ projections. Investment is the primary concern of most fleet managers. They estimate that the projected payback periods for alternative drivetrains is less than three years, with financial savings coming after that... Navigant Research suggests that medium- and heavy-duty vehicles represent a carbon footprint that is excessive in spite of their numbers being low compared to other traffic. It reports that medium- and heavy-duty vehicles represent just a fraction of all vehicles on roadways today. However, driving in an urban environment (or for that matter on the interstate) in the US, it seems there are quite a bit more, and one is in the wake of diesel fumes far too often. Thus, a hopeful reported transition to large electric-drive vehicles with “improved fuel efficiency, technological advances, and an alternative to gasoline and diesel fuels” will offset the fumes. Along with this local effect, the transition will offset broader air pollution and emissions causing global warming... Progress towards this segment of commercial and government fleet operators investing in greener vehicles is now... 
(PRNewsFoto/Motiv Power Systems - Four new all electric community shuttle buses, funded by Google and the California Energy Commission, and use the Motiv Power Systems electronic powertrain technology are on the road in Mountain View, California) -- Mountain View, CAL, USA - Clean Technica, by Cynthia Shahan - May 18th, 2015

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Feb 13, 2013

ELECTRIC TRUCKS SALES * USA

* USA - UPS adds 100 electric delivery trucks to California fleet

  Los Angeles,CAL,USA -Transport Topics -11 Feb 2013: -- UPS Inc. said it has put 100 new all-electric delivery trucks in service in California... The electric trucks will reduce the consumption of fuel by 126,000 gallons, UPS said. They have an operating range of 75 miles and will deliver packages in Sacramento, San Bernardino, Ceres, Fresno and Bakersfield... The trucks were funded in part the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and were manufactured in Stockton, Calif., by Electric Vehicles International... 

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Jul 20, 2012

ELECTRIC TRUCKS * USA

* USA - KBB: June Hybrid and EV sales rose 164%
  Irvine,CAL,USA -Automotive World -July 19, 2012: -- With gasoline prices declining, sales of hybrid and pure electric ‘alternative-energy’ vehicles in the US increased more than 164% year-on-year in June, according to Kelley Blue Book's...


* New York - Duane Reade Expands Electric Truck Fleet

NY,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Jul 19, 2012: -- New York retailer expects 75 percent energy savings per truck, 20 percent cut in greenhouses gasses Pharmaceutical retailer Duane Reade is expanding its use of electric trucks, adding 10 trucks built by Smith Electric Vehicles to its New York City delivery fleet. That brings the total number of electric trucks operated by Duane Reade to 14 vehicles, about a quarter of its fleet... The battery-powered SEV trucks will save one million diesel fuel miles and cut Duane Reade’s greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent... That equates to a 75 percent reduction in fuel costs per truck, he said...

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May 12, 2012

ELECTRIC TRUCKS * USA

* Texas - Frito-Lay to Buy 100 Electric, 67 CNG Trucks 

Plano,TX,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -May 11, 2012: -- Alternative fuel vehicles will save company 1,400,000 gallons of diesel a year... Frito-Lay North America is adding 100 new medium-duty electric trucks to its delivery fleet, bringing its total fleet of electric trucks to more than 280 vehicles... That makes Frito-Lay, the largest single U.S. customer of Smith Electric Vehicles, which manufactures the Smith Newton delivery truck... This spring, the foods company said it also will roll out about 70 compressed natural gas-powered tractors to haul larger loads from seven distribution centers... The company already has logged more than 1 million miles with electric trucks...

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Nov 8, 2011

TRUCKS SALES * WORLDWIDE

* France - Renault gets an order fo 15,000 Kangoo Z.E. all-electric vans

(Photo: A Renault Kangoo)
Paris,France -AutoblogGreen (UK), by Mark Sumner -Oct 31, 2011: -- Renault's Kangoo Van Z.E. may not be the most stylish EV on the market, but it is on its way to becoming one of the most popular. Renault has announced that the results of a competitive bidding process have led to the sale of 15,637 units of the electric van, with 10,000 of those orders coming from the French postal authority. Another 1,500 of the little haulers are slated for Électricité de France, the second largest French utility company... With a 22-kWh lithium-ion battery, the van is expected to get over 100 miles on a change, making it well suited to the demands of most postal routes and other commercial uses...


* UK - Government incentives fail to stimulate sales of electric cars

(Photo: The Nissan Leaf electric car)
London,UK -The Telegraph. by Paul Hudson -21 Oct 2011: -- Electric vehicle (EV) sales remain stubbornly unresponsive despite a variety of subsidy programmes throughout Europe...  According to research from Jato Dynamics, Germany leads the market with 1,020 EV registrations in the first half of this year, despite one of the lowest subsidies of €380 (£331). Britain recorded 599 registrations in the same period, the fourth highest in Europe and up from 29 over the first six months of 2010, with a subsidy of up to £5,000...  Spain has a similar subsidy to that of the UK but only 122 electric vehicles were sold there. At 5,222, EV registrations increased ten-fold across Europe compared with the first six months of 2010, when only 507 EVs were registered...

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Sep 12, 2011

ELECTRIC TRUCKS EUROPE * UK - Clipper goes electric with Smith Newton LCV

London,EN,UK -Transport Engineer, by John Challen -12 Sept 2011: -- A retail and fashion logistics provider is deploying an all-electric truck for one of its most important delivery routes in the UK...   Clipper has invested in a Smith Newton electric truck for deliveries to stores on London's Regent Street... 


* Europe - Governments play crucial role in introduction Electric Vehicles

Brussels,Belgium -Fleet Europe, by Bart Vanham -12 Sept 2011: -- In the next coming months, Electric Vehicles (EV’s) will become available for the mass market. The unstable economic situation and low consumer confidence are not setting an optimal scene for the introduction of the EV’s. Governments are playing their regulating role by incentivizing the purchase and use of EV’s and, by means of their public sector, are envisaging the use of EV’s for their public services...

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Jan 11, 2011

TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA - Purchase of U.K. parent sets Smith Electric up for growth in 2011

Kansas City,MISS,USA -Fleet Owner -Dec 27, 2010: -- Nearly nine months after making a first offer, Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. (Smith) reached agreement last week to purchase its parent company, Smith Electric U.K., from Tanfield Group for $15 million... The sale gives Smith a 51% ownership stake in the global company, and positions it for a potential initial public offering (IPO) in 2011, the company said in a release... Smith began offering its flagship Smith Newton in 2009. The all-electric delivery vehicle has a top speed of 55 mph and a range of 100 mi. on a single charge. Sales of the vehicle have been boosted by some high-profile entities placing orders for the vehicle in 2010, including Frito-Lay purchasing 176 of the trucks and an initial order for two of the trucks by the U.S. Marine Corps...

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Oct 30, 2010

ELECTRIC TRUCKS SALES * UK - Ocado in trials of Isuzu electric five tonners

London,EN,UK -Transport Engineer -29 Oct 2010: -- Ocado, the online supermarket home delivery firm, is currently trialling two Isuzu Forward N-series electric five-tonne light trucks in London's White City area... Ocado in trials of Isuzu electric five tonnersBoth were built in partnership with Paneltex (Hull) – which manufactured the all-electric drive-train and refrigerated body – and are fully automatic. They operate without a conventional gearbox and take power from permanent on-board batteries that are charged overnight... Ocado went for the five tonners in place of its normal 3.5-tonne gvw vehicles for home delivery, to enable adequate payload, given the extra weight of the batteries... The firm also likes the hexapod design cab, because it doesn't compromise the vehicle's overall dimensions...

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Jul 16, 2010

TRUCK SALES * USA - AT&T Rolls Out Its 2,000th Alternative Fuel Vehicle and 1,500th Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle

Milestones Part of Its Corporate Fleet's 10-Year, $565 Million Plan to Deploy Cleaner Fleet Vehicles

Dallas,TX,USA -PRNewswire/FirstCall -July 14, 2010: -- AT&T today announced the deployment of the 2,000th alternative fuel vehicle and 1,500th compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle in its corporate vehicle fleet, giving it one of the largest CNG vehicle fleets in the U.S. These milestones are part of a $565 million planned investment announced in March 2009 to replace more than 15,000 fleet vehicles with alternative fuel models through 2018. Currently, the AT&T corporate fleet includes more than 75,900 vehicles...
AT&T anticipates purchasing approximately 8,000 CNG vehicles over a five-year span, at an anticipated cost of $350 million. AT&T expects to spend an additional $215 million through 2018 to replace 7,100 fleet passenger cars with alternative fuel models... (Photo from att: 1 -above- Smith Newton electric truck - 2 -below- Natural Gas Low Emission Vehicle)

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Apr 9, 2010

ELECTRIC TRUCK SALES * Ireland - Celtic goes green

Wexford,Ireland -HGV Ireland -April 9, 2010: -- Celtic Linen Ltd., one of the oldest companies in the State has just taken delivery of a new Smith Newton 10 tonne fully electric truck... Fitted with a box body which has been specifically designed to accommodate a flexible internal divide and an electric taillift, the vehicle sports a vibrant and eye catching “environment protecting” livery, specially designed for this vehicle and unlike any of the other 50 trucks in Celtic’s fleet... The latest “zero carbon emissions” arrival, powered by the most modern Lithium-Ion Phosphate batteries and a 120 Kw induction motor, will be based at their Dublin distribution depot which supplies linen rental products to the Industrial, Hospitality and Healthcare markets...

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