One hundred Smith Electric Vehicles to save 760,000kg in carbon dioxide exhaust yearly in Ireland!

January 03rd, 2008 | Category: Tech Talk


THE world’s leading commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Smith Electric has secured an order for 100 zero emission vans and trucks for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Smith Electric Vehicles will deliver 100 of its leading edge Newton and Edison vehicles, in its largest fleet order to term. Replacing 100 diesel powered commercial vehicles

with these battery powered vans and trucks will save an estimated 760,000kg in carbon dioxide exhaust emissions each year.

The robust Smith Newton is based on the Avia truck chassis and is the world’s largest high performance electric truck, weighing in with a GVW of within 7,500kg and 12,000kg. The high performance batteries […]

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