Odyne Systems, LLC has delivered seven trucks featuring the Odyne plug-in hybrid propulsion system to utilities and municipalities throughout Wisconsin. Communities and utilities receiving the new technology were partially funded under the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program jointly administered through the Wisconsin State Energy Office and the US Department of Energy Wisconsin Clean Cities Program. The new units [...]
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Every trucker needs auto insurance.Odyne Systems Delivers 7 Plug-in Hybrid Work Trucks in Wisconsin
January 31st, 2012 
Aaron Turpen 
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Tags: Commonwealth Edison, Johnson Controls, navistar, Odyne, Wisconsin 
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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 [...]
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Effenco Introduces Hydraulic Hybrid System for Heavy-Duty Vehicles
January 21st, 2012 Aaron Turpen Montreal, Canada-based Effenco has developed a hydraulic hybrid system (HEAD, Hydraulic Equipment Assisting Device) specifically targeted to vehicles with high power demand auxiliaries, such as refuse trucks. The hybrid system comprises a regenerative braking system which includes variable displacement hydraulic pumps and a gearbox; a hydraulic accumulator; and a hydraulic motor. Regenerative braking converts braking kinetic energy [...]
UQM Supplying Motors for 100 Hybrid Trucks by EVI
January 19th, 2012 Aaron Turpen Electric Vehicle International is building 100 electric delivery trucks to be delivered to UPS for California use later this year. The trucks will replace aging diesel trucks in the UPS fleet and will use electric motors sourced from Longmont, Colorado-based UQM Technologies. UQM recently opened a new facility in Longmont to give it the capacity [...]
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