Forecast Predicts Hybrid, Electric Truck Sales Will Nearly Double in 2012 - Truckinginfo.com

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January 2011
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Forecast Predicts Hybrid, Electric Truck Sales Will Nearly Double in 2012 By Genevieve Conti, Assistant Editor

A forecast from Pike Research says that sales of hybrid and electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks will nearly double in 2012, but one industry expert thinks some of the numbers might be overly optimistic.

Pike believes the global market for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), plug-in hybrid electrics vehicles (PHEV) and battery electric vehicles (BEV) will grow at 92% in 2012, with total sales surpassing 19,000.

In the U.S. this year, it predicts that 3,250 medium- and heavy-duty HEV trucks be sold, 790 BEV trucks will be sold and about 500 PHEV trucks will be sold.



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Dont Forget your Height Stick. I run these pictures because you hear about things like this (see picture) everyday.

Dont forget your height stick

Dont forget your height stick. Here is one of my favorites. A semi trying to squeeze through a tunnel that was probably designed for a horse and buggy (look at the old stone). I admire the bravado, but the cost of pulling out the measuring stick and realizing that you cant squeeze into the tunnel would have save you thousands of dollars and hours of teasing.

dont forget your height stick

This hole must have looked really really small from a distance. Thats the purpose of the height stick, to take away any chance you could be wrong