Tropos Motors blasted in to CES this year with Panasonic, showcasing a new last mile delivery vehicle and a compact yet capable fully electric fire truck. Both vehicles started with Tropos Motors’ ABLE electric truck platform, showcasing the flexibility and capability of the foundational electric truck platform.
Tropos Motors has partnered with the world’s leading automotive battery supplier, Panasonic, in a new deal that will see the two companies working together to build up the next generation compact commercial vehicle.
Electric utility vehicle manufacturer Tropos Motors has rolled out a new lithium-ion battery pack for its vehicles that quadruples the range and delivers increased safety for customers.
Low-speed electric vehicle manufacturer and distributor Tropos Motors was founded out of decades of experience working across all levels of electric vehicle design. We sat down with Tropos Motors CEO John Bautista and Sales and Marketing Director, Scot Harden for a chat about where the company came from and, more importantly, where the company is headed in the years ahead.
Tropos Motors has pivoted from its role as a distributor of the Cenntro METRO line of compact electric utility vehicles into a hybrid role of distributor and vehicle manufacturer. Bundling both under its new ABLE line of vehicles, Tropos Motors is bringing a slew of new purpose built vehicles to market that were designed for corporate, fleet, first-responder, agriculture, last-mile delivery, and construction applications.
With the aim being to develop its dealer network for the rollout of its electric low-speed fleet vehicle (E-LSV), Tropos Technologies has in a period of 10 days closed an oversubscribed seed fundraising round of $1.2 million, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica.
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