Hybrid electric powertrain developer XL Hybrids has signed a product installation and distribution contract with the commercial vehicle equipment provider Knapheide Manufacturing Company in North America.
Under the partnership, Knapheide will deploy XL Hybrids' technology through its existing ship-through process in order to offer a one-stop purchase, upfit, delivery and invoice for commercial fleets.
The companies will jointly deliver the new 2014 Chevy Express and GMC Savana vans equipped with the technology from 01 August 2013 and will also offer the technology as a retrofit for 2010 to 2013 model year General Motors cargo vans.
Knapheide engineering vice president Chris Weiss said, "We look forward to working with XL Hybrids to market and deploy the hybrid product to our fleet customers looking for vehicle lifecycle cost-reduction from fuel and maintenance savings."
Both the companies have put on display a hybrid Chevrolet Express cargo van equipped with XL Hybrids' hybrid powertrain technology at the ongoing 2014 GM Fleet and Commercial Product Preview held at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Orlando, US.
