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WTHR-TVIndiana Navistar plant turns out 1st electric trucks
Updated: May 14, 2010 7:14 AM EDT
Wakarusa, IN (AP) - An Elkhart County assembly line has begun turning out Navistar e-Star electric trucks that can travel 100 miles on a single charge.
Navistar says the all-electric eStar medium-duty commercial truck being turned out in Wakarusa has batteries can be replaced in about 20 minutes and recharged in six to eight hours.
FedEx is the first company to purchase the trucks and will operate them in the Los Angeles area.
The plant is about 15 miles southeast of South Bend. It's expected to produce 400 vehicles this year and several thousand yearly after that.
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The $39 million of Obama's stimulus money that Navistar got for this project will also lead to hundreds of new jobs nationwide among suppliers.
We need more stimulus money from Congress, instead of money for weapons for our client states in the Middle East, or to maintain an imperial army deployed worldwide.