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First Mass-Produced Electric Truck Unveiled (nhk.or.jp)

Posted by BeauHD on from the mass-produced dept.

AmiMoJo shares a report from NHK WORLD: Japan's Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus has unveiled what it says is the world's first mass-produced electric truck, as automakers around the world go all out to develop cars that run on battery power. The vehicle can carry about 3 tons of cargo and travel about 100 kilometers on a single charge. The truck, unveiled on Thursday, will be used by Japan's largest convenience store chain, Seven-Eleven. Seven-Eleven President Kazuki Furuya says some people complain about the noise delivery vehicles make, and says he is very impressed at how quiet the electric truck is.

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  1. Milk floats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Electric trucks were in common use from about 1900 till about 1970:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbilt_Electric_Trucks

  2. I guess UPS built theirs by hand then for years by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Informative

    from a couple of years ago..
    'UPS Deploys 18 New Zero Emission Electric Trucks In Texas '
    https://pressroom.ups.com/pres...

    In Amsterdam (Netherlands) they have been using electric trucks for at least 5 years.

  3. Re:First? by Rei · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not even close to "first electric truck of the century". Some companies have been at this for ages. Smith Electric Vehicles, for example, started with electric delivery trucks in the 1920s, switched to milk floats, then in the modern era back to full-sized electric delivery trucks.

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