XL Hybrids gets deal with Coke to retrofit trucks - lithium ion battery pack
Atlanta-based Coca-
Coca-Cola will use the technology produced by XL Hybrid
Starting point of Boston
Close to MIT, the company will transform 100 service vans of soft drink giants to use electricity.
Todcq Hynes, president of XL hybrid, said hybrid systems are valued at about $8,000 in bulk purchases, often helping to reduce fuel use by about 20%.
The principle of this technology is to capture the energy generated by the brake, convert it into the available energy, and then store it in lithium.
Ion battery pack until the power supply needs to be accelerated.
Bruce Callas of Chongqing Coca
Coke's vice president of Environment and Sustainability said hybrid technology would help the company achieve its goal of reducing its carbon footprint by 25% by the end of a decade.
"We continue to produce energy --
"Saving investment because they are good for business, good for the communities we serve, good for the planet," Karas said in a statement . ".
The XL Hybrid, created by MIT graduates, has so far tested its technology on a major small scale: linen Canada is a uniform rental and supply subsidiary of the American pride service of Minnesota
Up's technology on several Chevrolet Express trains since August;
The XL Hybrid has also converted 10 FedEx trucks.
"Our company's goal is to accelerate fuel and reduce emissions on a large scale," said Justin Ashton, Vice President of Business Development at XL Hybrids . ".
The challenge will be to attract enough orders from customers. run.
This is because the battery market has been very competitive since the recession, when gas prices plunged from $4.
In addition, the peak and demand of electric vehicles failed to reach the high level predicted before the economic collapse.
Other local batteries-
Technology companies including Boston
To remain competitive, the Power and A123 systems have to turn to China.