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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by mcot2 on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:21AM (#20713714)
Source? Does this hold true for diesel trucks and buses and garbage trucks which are very common in cities?
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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by PeterStuer on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:43AM (#20713802)
Below is a non-technical article on the subject.

Large heavy utility diesel trucks like garbage trucks have huge engines, extreme start-stop patterns, lots of shifting. Those are loud by themselves. Also, they are low production volume and are only noise insulated in as far as regulation requires them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/americas-bes...

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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by cowsandmilk on Friday August 16, 2019 @06:36AM (#20713770)
> Does this hold true for diesel trucks and buses and garbage trucks which are very common in cities?

I know from the hybrid buses in Boston that they are a massive reduction in noise for the passengers. When you're at a stop, it is great to not have that engine idling. Electric will only be better in that regard.

The garbage trucks though seem to make a shit load of brake noise though. And noise from trash dumping on top of trash and being compacted.

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Re:The electric car as a talisman of false hope by concert-gilled on Friday August 16, 2019 @01:27PM (#20717385)
Won't electric trucks use regenerative braking?
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