Through a new partnership, National Fleet Hybrids will provide sales, installation and distribution of Lightning Hybrids’ hydraulic hybrid retrofit systems. Lightning Hybrid’s systems are available for shuttle buses and other medium-duty vehicles. Currently Lightning Hybrids focuses sales on customers close to its home in Loveland, CO. This partnership will provide access to the hydraulic hybrid [...]
Archive for the ‘Hybrids’ Category
Every trucker needs auto insurance.Hydraulic Hybrid Retrofit Systems Offered by National Fleet Hybrids
June 14th, 2013 
Aaron Turpen 
Posted in Hybrids 
Tags: fedex, hydraulic hybrid, Transportation, United Parcel Service 
No Comments »Odyne Systems wins DOE contract for deployment of plug-in medium- and heavy-duty trucks
June 10th, 2013 Aaron Turpen Odyne Systems has been selected to participate in a $45.4 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) award to develop and deploy plug-in hybrid systems for trucks throughout North America. With this award, the DOE is further advancing hybrid technology and accelerating the commercialization process in the medium- and heavy-duty vehicle market, while also creating jobs [...]
Volvo plug-in hybrid bus with B?sbaar rapid charging to begin field testing in Gothenburg
May 21st, 2013 Aaron Turpen Volvo Buses’ new plug-in hybrid buses will begin field tests in Gothenburg, Sweden this month. Volvo Buses has already sold more than 1,000 of its conventional hybrid units; the plug-in version will facilitate the reduction of fuel consumption and carbon dioxide by 75 to 80%, compared with current diesel buses, the company said. The plug-in [...]
Posted in Featured, Hybrids Tags: diesel fuel, diesel-electric, Gothenburg, Hybrid electric bus, plug-in hybrid, Stockholm, volvo, Volvo Buses 1 Comment »Food Distribution Company Daylight Foods Transitions to Hybrid Delivery Trucks
May 20th, 2013 Aaron Turpen Sourcing from local growers when possible and maximizing delivery routes, kept food distribution company Daylight Foods’ carbon foot print down. Yet drivers still face traffic and frequent stopping while on route and although Daylight’s base may be in the Bay Area, their distribution spans California from Eureka to Bakersfield. The company knew it could do [...]
