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Azure Dynamics Signs First Dealer for E450 Hybrid

Posted on June 30, 2008

The hybrid E450 Cutaway and Strip Chassis drive system. Click to enlarge.Azure Dynamics Corporation has signed up its first dealer, Palmetto Truck Center, for the Balance Hybrid Electric E450 commercial vehicle. Azure Dynamics entered an agreement with Ford Motor Company in 2006 enabling Azure to develop a hybrid electric powertrain for Ford s E-series commercial platform. (Earlier post.)The Balance Hybrid Electric integrates Azure s P1 parallel hybrid system on Ford s E450 Cutaway and Strip Chassis with a conventional 5.4 liter Triton gasoline engine and 5-speed automatic TorqShift tran...

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