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Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by happyopossum on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:38PM (#34252141)
The buses I’m familiar with that use overhead power lines don’t use them exclusively - they have batteries or diesel for when they venture off the powered lines.
Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by jacquesm on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:43PM (#34252203)
Interesting, I've seen them stuck more than once, I'll have to check up on what the deal is there, I walk by the depot every couple of days and I'm sure they'll be happy to talk about it.
Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by wolverine876 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:52PM (#34252360)
I wonder what they do when a bus runs out of power - towtrucks? Charging trucks?
Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by dendrite9 on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:19PM (#34252717)
The only ones I have spent a lot of time looking at are in Seattle and at least they used to all be diesel and could hookup to the lines or lower them to run off the lines. For pure electric I assume they must tow them away but I don't know enough about the failure modes.

This is a good chance to share a link to the guy with a Prius modified to run on the bus power in San Francisco: https://thebolditalic.com/hacked-prius-running-on-muni-power...

Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by kibwen on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @05:33PM (#34252878)
Extension cord into the nearest bodega? :P