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Eco Factor: Prototype electric vehicle powered by solar energy. A student team at the Waterloo Collegiate Institute has designed a Model-T replica that doesn’t drink gas but harnesses the abundant energy of the sun for power. The truck was built.

Eco Factor: Electricity and magnet-powered cargo transporters. Transporting cargo over long distances on fuel-guzzling trucks leads to an increase in emissions and a decrease in driving space. Truck designers have recognized the need to reform...

Eco Factor: Electric "super-truck" for oversized green hauling. Trucks usually are rated according to the amount of load they carry and their footprint on the highway, but those large numbers come at the cost of a larger fuel-guzzling engine...

Eco Factor: Compact truck powered by electric engine. Apart from polluting the atmosphere with their massive engines, trucks also create a problem when they’re running on a congested highway. The CarGo concept truck hopes to solve both the...

Eco Factor: Trucks powered by batteries. Smith Electric Vehicles has stated that the company will start producing the “world’s largest electric truck” in Kansas City, Missouri. The trucks that are being developed by Smith Electric Vehicles...

Eco Factor: Truck powered by electricity generated from trash. Trucks with their massive engines are the main culprits of air pollution in urban cities. Greening these beasts is an utmost necessity for cities battling bad air quality. The latest...

Smith Electric Vehicles-A U.K based company plans to bring their electric trucks to the U.S. They plan to produce up to 10,000 of the electric trucks per year and the production in the U.S is projected to start in 2010. Smith electric vehicles offer..