vfx

Heard on the radio a few days ago that there was a new truck maker in the bay area.

Electric truck maker.

I did a news search but found nothing. Anyone know about this?

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TEG

They might have been talking about Green Vehicles, although they import vehicles from China rather than build them here.

Posts tagged BUCKSHOT at AutoblogGreen

vfx

Maybe.

I got the impression it was more "truck-y".

Funny, I was driving and sort of half heard the story and thought, "I'll have to check out the details of this one on ABG, etc." when I get home tonight."

Weird to not find it.

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Electric Cars, Green Vehicle :: Phoenix Motorcars, Inc. is Southern California...

GSP

Your are probably thinking of Smith Electric Vehicles. They are buying motors from Enova Systems in Torrance.

Enova Confirms Production Order from Tanfield's Smith Electric Vehicles. | Automotive > Automotive Industry & Environment from AllBusiness.com

Smith Electric Vehicles

Enova: Electric, Hybrid Electric, & Fuel Cell Drive Systems

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vfx

Arrrg, no.

I know Phoenix, saw my first one at the Ontario Auto show (Who knew?) It was around the corner for them.

I would have recognized Smith from the UK as well. I lived in the Bay area over a decade and now in LA I have worked in Torrance and know that town.

Sigh.

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domenick

Could it have been this one?

TEG

...domenick points out a truck maker that plans to offer large trucks to do container shipping around ports (like Long Beach). Possibly what vfx heard (and I recall hearing about too), but they aren't in the SF Bay Area...

Balqon Corporation Corporate
1701 E. Edinger Avenue
Unit E-3
Santa Ana, California 92705, USA
Telephone: +1 714 836 6344
FAX: +1 714 836 6343



By the way, those around SF frequently talk of "Bay Area" not always realizing that lots of other places also call themselves "the bay area" too.

TEG

Perhaps it was this Electroride Zero Truck?

"...Electrorides will be offering the first U.S. built class 4 electric truck, the ZeroTruck™ this fall to fleet operators through its launch dealership South Bay Truck Center, Carson, CA...."

Again - not the SF bay area "South Bay".

vfx

Ok, Now it's been so long and it was vague enough in the first place that I would not even know if someone called it.

Good point about other "Bay areas" so I may have jumped to that, and also the Zero truck sounds like a good candidate though I was hoping that maybe they might have a week or two old press-release. That's usually how these news stories get picked up.

If I have the power, I hereby release all from the search since I have already forgotten what I didn't know in the first place.

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