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Hybrid Fleet Vehicles

Posted by michael on from the save-a-joule-or-two dept.

howman writes "This article in the Toronto Star tells of a Canadian company called Azure Dynamics Corp. which has a novel approach to cutting fuel costs and harmful emissions in fleet vehicles. The novelty is not so much in their technology but in the fact that they are hitting the fleet vehicle users market. While Azure doesn't manufacture any of the components, it 'works with the companies that make all the parts for Canada Post's trucks or Purolator's vans - the engines, the chassis, and so on - to convert those vehicles into HEVs.' With an existing and potential client list that includes Purolator, Canada Post, the United States Postal Service and Renault and London Taxi International, it may not be long before you see one of their branded vehicles on a street near you."

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  1. Re:Good idea by Trigun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stop and start? This is in Canada, where it's sixty kilo-meters in between igloos.

  2. Fleet Vehicle by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 2, Funny
    They must be using alot of these?

    Vehicle: A substance in which medicine is taken. (Websters)

  3. Re:confused by AviLazar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alright, lets kick out Hawaii...hey wait a minute, thats a place of scantily clad women...lets kick out Alaska and make Canada the 49th state :)

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  4. Re:The electricity still comes from fossil fuels! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We can just send all of it to Canada!