SEA Electric to display at ‘Advanced Clean Transportation’ expo as sales momentum builds
(MENAFN – Editorial) Following its successful US launch at the ‘Work Truck Show’ in Indianapolis last month, leading Australian automotive electric technology company, SEA Electric, is set to exhibit at California’s ‘Advanced Clean Transportation’ (ACT) expo on April 24-25. The Work Truck Show saw SEA Electric take multiple vehicle orders that will soon be deployed to cities including Detroit, Philadelphia, New York City and San Francisco. The company will use the ACT expo to display its 100 per cent electric-powered Ford F-59 ‘Stripped Chassis’ along with a fully electric Isuzu NRR, further penetrating the US market while providing attendees with an opportunity to inspect the world-class technology first hand. The display Ford F-59 stripped chassis is powered by the SEA-Drive® 120b power-system which produces 150kW of continuous power and 250kW of maximum power, but more importantly for a commercial vehicle, continuous torque of 1230Nm and an impressive maximum torque figure of 2500Nm. The second of the display trucks is an Isuzu NRR that also features the SEA-Drive® 120b power-system. Both vehicles have generous operating ranges of up to 350km (220 miles), removing any chance of ‘range angst’ for operators. SEA Electric also has a Ford Transit van program underway which will enter trials mid-year. This van features the SEA-Drive® 70 power-system which provides continuous power of 75kW, maximum power of 134kW and 700Nm of maximum torque for an operating range of up to 300km (190 miles) also. Batteries for all three vehicles can be fully charged overnight in 4-6 hours using a 22kW on-board charger, which allows them to be plugged-in and charged from any three-phase power source. SEA Electric Group Managing Director, Tony Fairweather, said US response to the company’s SEA-Drive® powered vehicles has been overwhelming and he was confident that the reception from ACT expo attendees would also be extremely positive. “Feedback in the United States to our SEA Electric technology from both government and private buyers has been extremely positive with several customers already placing orders,” he said. Mr Fairweather explained that the SEA-Drive® powered vehicles were ideal for urban and metropolitan back-to-base distribution applications. “For back-to-base operations EV technology is extremely attractive because at the end of the working day, these vehicles are conveniently charged (off-peak) overnight and ready to go again the next morning,” he said. “Operators can also expect a payback period of less than four years (without incentives) on their SEA-Drive® powered truck or van, so with a battery lifecycle of up to 10 years, there are great efficiencies to be gained over the whole life of the vehicle.” Earlier this year SEA Electric established its US company in Los Angeles and appointed its first US-based employees to guide its new products and future projects through US certification and distribution. In its home country of Australia, SEA Electric is already the commercial EV technology company of choice, supplying power-systems to many leading OEMs and large operators. The company also manufactures several of its own CBU (completely built up) van, light commuter bus and truck products. Visit the SEA Electric (booth 1527) at this year’s Advanced Clean Transport Expo April 24-25, at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach California. READ MORE
Article by MENAFN, 11 April 2019
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SEA Electric penetrates US market
Automotive electric technology company, SEA Electric, is set to exhibit at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) expo later this month in the US.
The Work Truck Show saw SEA Electric take multiple vehicle orders that will soon be deployed to cities including Detroit, Philadelphia, New York City and San Francisco.
The company will use the ACT expo to display its 100 per cent electric-powered Ford F-59 ‘Stripped Chassis’ along with a fully electric Isuzu NRR.
The display Ford F-59 stripped chassis is powered by the SEA-Drive 120b power-system which produces 150kW of continuous power and 250kW of maximum power, but more importantly for a commercial vehicle, continuous torque of 1230Nm and a maximum torque figure of 2500Nm.
The second of the display trucks is an Isuzu NRR that also features the SEA-Drive 120b power-system.
Both vehicles have operating ranges of up to 350km.
SEA Electric also has a Ford Transit van program underway which will enter trials mid-year. This van features the SEA-Drive 70 power-system which provides continuous power of 75kW, maximum power of 134kW and 700Nm of maximum torque for an operating range of up to 300km.
Batteries for all three vehicles can be fully charged overnight within four-to-six hours using a 22kW on-board charger, which allows them to be plugged-in and charged from any three-phase power source. READ MORE
Article by Prime Mover Magazine, 11 April 2019
- Published in News, SEA-Drive, Technology
Is Bill Shorten in the driver’s seat or just an electric dreamer?
On the eve of the federal budget, Labor unveiled a new electric vehicle policy that has never been tested before in this country.
If elected, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has promised that 50 per cent of new car sales would be electric by 2030.
The pre-election pitch is being sold as a way to help achieve Labor’s emissions reduction target of 45 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030, and an opportunity to kickstart an electric vehicle manufacturing industry.
But it raises questions about the future cost of cars, how the fuel excise will be replaced and whether boosting electric cars is the right solution to a pressing global problem.
The problem
Transport is Australia’s third-largest source of greenhouse gas pollution, contributing 19 per cent of the country’s emissions. Nearly half of this pollution comes from tailpipe emissions, caused by the combustion of petroleum-based fuels.
By 2030, transport sector pollution will rise by 15 per cent and cars will remain the key source, a Senate report found.
Transport has to be in the mix,” the Grattan Institute’s energy program director Tony Wood said of the country’s effort to achieve its emissions targets.
“And it’s a pity we haven’t started earlier because once we no longer had a vehicle manufacturing industry to protect, then you would have thought we could start to raise our standard for vehicle emissions.”
Australia has become what many describe as a dumping ground for the world’s dirtiest cars, the result of poor quality fuel and a lack of any vehicle emissions standards, putting us behind countries like China, Turkey and India.
The carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions intensity for passenger cars in Australia is 45 per cent worse than in Europe, the National Transport Commission found.
A lack of incentives for electric cars means that they now constitute just 0.2 per cent of new purchases in Australia, yet they approach nearly half of all new sales in Norway.
It comes as the United Nations is warning that Australia is off track to meet its commitment under the 2015 International Paris Agreement to limit the warming of the planet to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Wood said that in order to achieve Australia’s emissions target, the country must reduce pollution to around 146 million tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2030, which is 22 per cent lower than the most recent projection for 2030. READ MORE
Article by Timna Jacks, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 April 2019
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