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Amp Electric Vehicles recently said it'd get out of the business of converting SUVs to run on all-electric powertrains, and would instead focus on converting bigger delivery trucks. Now, Amp has reached an agreement to help develop paratransit vehicles for a Central Pennsylvania transit authority. The twist? They will be able to be recharged wirelessly.

Amp is collaborating with wireless electronics company Momentum Dynamics Corp. to make the paratransit medium-duty trucks for the Berks Area Regional Transportation Authority (BARTA) in the Reading, PA, area. A pilot program is supposed to start by March 2013.

Amp, which was founded in 2007, had specialized in converting SUVs like the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Mercedes-Benz ML to run on battery-electric powertrains (after giving up on converting things like the Saturn Sky). But the company in October said it was moving away from that and would focus on converting trucks, which usually run on diesel fuel and typically get less than 10 miles per gallon. Amp's press release is available below.Continue reading Amp will help develop wireless paratransit EVs in Pennsylvania

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