Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. unveiled the Nichioh Maru, a more energy efficient coastal car carrier which will transport completed vehicles and parts on one of Japan’s main maritime shipping routes. The Nichioh Maru, newly built by Shin Kurushima Dockyard Co., Ltd., has installed solar power panels for the first time on a coastal ship in Japan and [...]
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Nissan Introduces New Energy Efficient Car Carrier
February 3rd, 2012 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in Featured, Other Alt Fuels 
Tags: Japan, Kobe, Kyushu, Nissan Motors, Shipping 
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Boulder Electric Vehicles Sells First Electric Truck
January 27th, 2012 Aaron Turpen Electric commercial truck maker Boulder Electric Vehicle has sold its first battery electric commercial truck, the 2-ton capacity delivery truck called the DV-500, to local business Precision Plumbing and Heating in Gunbarrel, Colorado. Precision plans to purchase 20 of the trucks over the next two or three years, replacing its current fleet of Dodge Sprinter [...]
BAE Systems and Caterpillar Developing HybriDrive Systems for Trucks
January 26th, 2012 Aaron Turpen BAE Systems and Caterpillar are teaming up to build parallel hybrid systems for heavy-duty trucks using BAE’s HybriDrive System. The deal has BAE merging the Cat CX family of transmissions into their parallel HybriDrive propulsion system. This will establish a sales outlet as well as aftermarket field services model to leverage the global reach of [...]
Posted in Featured, Hybrids Tags: BAE, BAE Systems, caterpillar, diesel electric hybrid, Hybrid electric vehicle, hybrid truck, HybriDrive No Comments »
Azure Dynamics Delivers 1,000th Balance Hybrid Truck
January 17th, 2012 Aaron Turpen Azure Dynamics has delivered it’s 1,000th Balance Hybrid Electric vehicles to Purolator, which now owns 555 of the trucks. This represents Purolator’s 200th unit received in just 2011 as part of an ongoing 600-truck order being delivered over a 3-year period. Azure is the world’s number one provider of hybrid electric powertrain solutions to medium-duty [...]
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