Medium Duty Electric Vehicle Demonstration Project
- Smith Electric Vehicles Corporation, Kansas City, MO (United States)
The Smith Electric Vehicle Demonstration Project (SDP) was integral to the Smith business plan to establish a manufacturing base in the United States (US) and produce a portfolio of All Electric Vehicles (AEV’s) for the medium duty commercial truck market. Smith focused on the commercial depot based logistics market, as it represented the market that was most ready for the early adoption of AEV technology. The SDP enabled Smith to accelerate its introduction of vehicles and increase the size of its US supply chain to support early market adoption of AEV’s that were cost competitive, fully met the needs of a diverse set of end users and were compliant with Federal safety and emissions requirements. The SDP accelerated the development and production of various electric drive vehicle systems to substantially reduce petroleum consumption, reduce vehicular emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG), and increase US jobs.
- Research Organization:
- Smith Electric Vehicles Corporation, Kansas City, MO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0002614
- OSTI ID:
- 1225696
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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