Smith Delivers First Electric Trucks to Major US Corporations

excess_3

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Sat Aug-01-09 02:42 AM
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Smith Delivers First Electric Trucks to Major US Corporations

Smith Electric Vehicles US delivered the first electric Newton trucks�the largest commercially available battery-electric-powered truck�to four Fortune 500 companies and two utility companies in an event hosted at the Capitol Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington DC.
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http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/07/smith-d20090728.html

the electric truck is coming

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comtec

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Sat Aug-01-09 05:01 AM
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1. why the fuck not the private market?!

I'd buy an electric truck!
Hell i'd have it IMPORTED!
where's my mid-range electric truck!? =[

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IDemo

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Sat Aug-01-09 06:57 AM
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2. Here ->

http://www.phoenixmotorcars.com/

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oldhippie

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Sat Aug-01-09 08:28 AM
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3. Funny, I couldn't find any prices ......

..... are they buried in the site somewhere? Or is it one of those "If you have to ask the price ...."?

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IDemo

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Sat Aug-01-09 09:13 AM
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4. If you have to ask the price ...

The last I saw was $47k, but that was last fall. No, EV's are not for the faint-walleted, not yet anyway.

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IDemo

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Sat Aug-01-09 09:15 AM
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5. Too late to edit..

You did say midrange, which these definitely are not.

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excess_3

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Sat Aug-01-09 09:27 AM
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6. 7 tons payload, seems midrange to me .n/t

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IDemo

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Sat Aug-01-09 09:36 AM
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7. The trucks in the OP are midrange

I was referring to the vehicles in my above link, which have a 1,000 lb. payload according to their spec sheet.

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