The Balqon Corporation, which makes the battery-electric heavy-duty truck called The Mule as well as the electric port drayage and terminal truck The Nautilus has signed an agreement to sell Class 7 and 8 vehicles in Europe through Mol Transport Solutions, a leading manufacturer of port and material handling equipment. The relationship will facilitate Balqon [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Leo Motors Exhibits Electric Trucks Using Zinc-Air Fuel Cells
July 21st, 2010 
Aaron Turpen Leo Motors a Korean-based company with offices in the U.S., specializes in the development of electric vehicles. The company showcased it’s two electric trucks using zinc-air fuel cells at last week’s EV Korea 2010. The vehicles are capable of high speeds while pulling heavy weight and have a range of 140 miles. The Zinc Air [...]
New Haven, Connecticut Building Truck Electric Hookups at Port
July 19th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Construction is underway on a new “electric truck stop” in New Haven, Connecticut, where electrical hookups for 14 trucks will be installed in a new parking facility near the port. The parking space will serve port-area trucks and help to enforce the city’s anti-idle law by giving truckers a place to plug in and run [...]
Eaton Chooses Compact Power to Supply Batteries for Hybrids
July 19th, 2010 Aaron Turpen Image via Wikipedia Eaton Corporation has chosen Compact Power Inc. (CPI), owned by LG Chem, to provide batteries for some future Eaton hybrid electric systems including their diesel electric hybrids. The announcement was made during groundbreaking at CPI’s new battery manufacturing facility in Holland, Michigan. About a week earlier, Ford had also announced they would [...]
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Tags: Chevrolet Volt, CPI, diesel electric hybrid, Eaton Corporation, Ford Motor Company, kenworth, LG Chem, mercedes-benz, Michigan, peterbilt 
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