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Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on USPS EV

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. ... Read more →

CNG-powered Standard Taxi to be built by AM General Jeremy Korzeniewski

We got the chance to check out the concept behind the Standard Taxi at the New York Auto Show in 2007, and it now sounds like the unique people-mover will get a shot at production. Now known as ...

Smith Electric Vehicles to partner with AM General on USPS EV 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

CNG-powered Standard Taxi to be built by AM General 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We got the chance to check out the concept behind the Standard Taxi at the New York Auto Show in 2007, and it now sounds like the unique people-mover will get a shot at production. Now known as Vehicle Production Group LLC, the company behind the Standard Taxi design has gotten the funding it ...

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