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In the same Tanfield Group trading statement where the company commented on the termination of its agreement with Ford it revealed a new collaboration with AM General. Smith and AM General are developing a prototype battery-powered version of the Long Life Vehicle used by the US Postal Service. The LLV developed by Grumman in the 1980s is based on chassis components from the first-generation Chevy S10 pickup and is currently powered by a GM 2.2-liter EcoTec four cylinder engine. There are currently 178,000 LLVs in service with the USPS.
AM General is building the chassis for the prototype and Smith is providing the electric powertrain. In the urban and suburban environments where the LLV is typically used a limited range electric vehicle of this type would be eminently suitable and could be plugged in nightly at the postal depots. Chrysler earlier this year also proposed an electric version of the Dodge Caravan for the same purpose but we have not heard anything recently on this program. Hopefully, we’ll find out something new on this at Chrysler’s business plan meeting this week.
[Source: Tanfield Group]
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