All-electric sanitation truck
When You Need (An Electric) Heavy-Duty Working Vehicle
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternate Fuels Data Center is a good place to find out about alternate fueled vehicles of all types although it doesn’t include every vehicle available.
Here are few notable vehicles:
Semi-Trucks:
- MX30 (battery-electric from Balgon, seem to be out of business?)
Light/Medium Duty Trucks:
- VTRUX (Via motors)
- Ford E450 (battery-electric version of Ford E450 by Motiv and Ford)
- Odyne (Retro-fit Hybrid Powertrains)
Vans:
- e-NV200 (Nissan)
- Van (Via Motors)
- XLHybrids (Electric Hybrid Powertrains)
Buses:
- Catalyst (battery-electric City Bus from Proterra)
- EQO450 (battery-electric shuttle bus from Balgon)
- SST-e (battery-electric school bus from Motiv)
- Shuttle Bus (battery-electric school bus from Motiv)
Garbage Trucks:
- ERV (battery-electric garbage truck from Motiv)
An interesting farm vehicle – http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140819-farm-tractor-of-the-future
Related news:
- http://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/transportation/advanced-cars/ian-wright-is-turning-garbage-trucks-and-fedex-vans-into-high-performance-evs
- http://news.van.fedex.com/nissan-and-fedex-express-expand-collaborative-testing-100-electric-compact-cargo-vehicle-us
- ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lV3hZNmXj3s )
- http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-all-electric-garbage-truck-in-north-america-developed-by-motiv-power-systems-hits-the-road-in-chicago-275253371.html