Electric cars are so passé. Electric powertrains are helping brutes like this garbage truck go green. Courtesy Motiv Power Systems
Since September, an electric garbage truck has been running a 60-mile route through Chicago, offsetting 2,688 gallons of diesel and 23 tons of carbon dioxide a year. An electric school bus now transports kids in California. Both contain Motiv Power Systems’ modular powertrain that can be built into vehicles from existing diesel-truck manufacturers.