Electric Trucks

News: Chanje looks to change the game with all-electric commercial van

A new startup called Chanje (pronounced “change”) jumped into the electric vehicle (EV) market, but not with a vehicle you might expect. In its inaugural press release, Chanje unveiled its first vehicle: a commercial, all-electric Class 5 van called V8070.

Road Test: 2013 Nissan NV200 Cargo SV

If you need a light-duty delivery vehicle to haul cargo in-town and short distances on the freeway, then you should be considering the 2013 Nissan NV200 Cargo.

Vehicle-to-Grid: Utility Giant PG&E Gets Fast ROI from 190 Electric Trucks

At utility giant PG&E, 190 electric trucks are now used to keep things running. If a neighborhood has a power outage, a troubled truck rolls in. A technician is lifted high in the air to look at a transformer on a pole. Auxiliaries can be run for hours including test equipment into a communications. These plug-in trucks can be used twice as many hours per day as diesel trucks with legal noise restrictions. By switching from diesel to electric, PG&E pays for the electric trucks in 2.5 years according to Dave Meisel, Director Transportation for Services for PG&E.