Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours...
by makestuff on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @03:52PM
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Seems like plug in hybrid is the best approach with current tech. Battery in the neighborhoods, and gas powered when you are hauling it back to the landfill.
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Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours...
by fencepost on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:00PM
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Maybe. Others have talked about the problems with hybrids and they might not make as much sense as simply expanding either the fleet as a whole or the parts of the fleet used for plowing. Also worth considering the city's whole vehicle fleet - use the garbage trucks as appropriate for mass response, but also use dump trucks, etc from public works.
Eventually there may also be more options with battery swapping - that's a lot more feasible with a fleet within a relatively small geographic region.