Published by The Drive by Justin Hughes
XL's aftermarket electrification provides a significant fuel economy improvement for ordinary trucks and vans.
Published in Renewable Energy World by Clay Siegert
The 2017 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season racked up a record $306 billion in damages and aid, making it the costliest hurricane season ever, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This reality is the latest piece of evidence that extreme weather is wreaking havoc around the world, with increasing frequency and severity.
Published in PickupTrucks.com by Aaron Bragman
By now, everyone's heard that Ford intends to launch a new F-150 hybrid in 2020. We don't have many details on that truck yet, but did you know that you can buy a hybrid F-Series right now? The truck is not totally built by Ford per se; instead, it's modified by a Ford-certified company called XL then sold through XL or a Ford Commercial Vehicles dealer.
Published in HDT Trucking
CPS Energy has announced the purchase of 34 XLP Plug-In Hybrid Electric Ford F-150 pickup trucks, the largest purchase of plug-in F-150s by any utility or private company to date, according to CPS.
Published in San Antonio Business Journal by Sergio Chapa
San Antonio's city-owned utility company has taken the first steps toward switching its vehicle fleet to environmentally friendly vehicles.
Published in School Transportation News by Ryan Gray
Last month, the contractor increased the number of its hybrid school buses using the XLH system from connected vehicle electrification manufacturer XL. The system, which is approved by the New York State Department of Transportation for both Ford and GM HEV school, and shuttle bus chassis, uses regenerative braking to decelerate and electric assist to accelerate.
Published in Crain's Boston by By Meredith Lidard Kleeman
The mistake was taking too long to learn that the customers were already buying vehicles and adding things to them as new vehicles. When we started we didn’t know about this industry called upfitting. We learned that almost all commercial vehicles go from the base vehicle manufacturer to another facility where it’s completed
Published in HDT Trucking
Puget Sound Energy has added 40 new Ford Transit utility vans equipped with a hybrid electric drive system from XL.
PSE selected XL's fleet electrification technology for its 40 Ford Transit utility vans, an upgrade that is expected to reduce each van's carbon footprint by up to 20% and increase fuel economy by as much as 25%.
Published in Green Car Congress
XL recently completed a successful pilot deployment of school buses with Careful Bus Company in New York City outfitted with the XL hybrid system. The XLH system uses regenerative braking during deceleration and electric assist during acceleration to increase fuel economy.
Published in Xconomy by Tod Hynes
As cities get smarter, they use energy more efficiently and in a more controllable fashion, and they are better able to incorporate intermittent clean energy sources. Cities, and the power grids that support them, can use traditional power generation and stationary energy storage to support intermittent resources like wind and solar, but the lowest-cost solution for over a decade has been to control power loads with demand response. A large and emerging new power load is electrified vehicles, and they will play a critical role in the future of smart cities and clean energy.