New Prototype Hybrid Shipping Truck
New company plans to bring hybrid delivery truck to US.
Smith Electric Vehicles which isbased in Britain, are showing off an all-electric plug-in delivery truck that recharges within four and a half to six hours. Designed for urban environments, the truck has a range of 130 to 150 miles per complete recharge and a top driving speed of 50mph. Smith Electric Vehicles plans to begin selling the hybrid delivery vehicles in the US beginning 2009. The demand for such a type of vehicle is very large, due to the looming environmental crisis, and the need for fleet managers to reduce the cost of shipping via any means possible. The price of Gasoline and diesel is at a all-time high, causing panic that shipping companies will increase their rates to stay afloat. Hybrid vehicles such a this one by Smith Electric Vehicles are the first part of a solution to this problem.
