Medium-Duty Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
The Fleet Test and Evaluation Team at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is evaluating and documenting the performance of electric and plug-in hybrid electric drive systems in medium-duty trucks across the nation.
Navistar will build and deploy 950 trucks from its Wakarusa, Indiana, manufacturing plant. Smith Electric Vehicles will build and deploy 500 trucks from its Kansas City manufacturing plant.
These vehicle deployment projects were funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help commercialize electric vehicles and the electric charging infrastructure.
Publications
NREL publishes unbiased technical reports about the performance of these vehicles. View the Smith Newton Quarterly Summary Results: October 2011 — December 2011.
Refer to the Data Collection and Reporting presentation for project highlights and information about NREL's data collection and reporting methods.
More Information
Visit the Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center to learn more about hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle deployment projects.
