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Kevin Harkin, sales dIrector for Smith ElectrIc Vehicles, expects to sell 1,000 of the firm's Avia-based Newton trucks in North America next year, and is confident this figure will grow tenfold in three years.
In his opinion, the overall US electric market will eventually climb to 200,000 units per year. Harkin believes sales will be boosted by substantial f Inancial incentives, as well as plans to introduce congestioncharging schemes in New York, Washington DC and San Francisco.
"The Newton is perfectly suited to the US market," he says. "Millions of commercial vehicles in North America work in urban areas, within defined low-mileage zones or routes. Light postal vans to heavy-duty distribution trucks can be replaced by our new-technology vehicles "