advertising 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 [...]
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Nissan Unveils Electric Taxi Prototype, the e-NV200
January 10th, 2012 
Aaron Turpen advertising The North American International Auto Show kicked off with press events yesterday and one of the many unveils staged was the new Nissan e-NV200, a prototype electric taxi based on the Leaf electric car. The e-NV200 is a boxy mini-van whose front end and general styling are taken from the electric Leaf compact car [...]
Electric Vehicle Transmissions Coming of Age
September 25th, 2011 Aaron Turpen from AboutAlternativeCars.com Two companies are working on a similar concept: a specialized gearbox for electric vehicles (EVs). Most electric cars have either (almost) no transmission at all (something is required to make reverse gear) or a simple 2-3 speed system to facilitate higher speeds. Until now, however, a transmission on an EV has always been [...]
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