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Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by andbberger on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @04:54PM (#34252395)
one of the worst decisions the MBTA has ever made. battery buses are inferior to trolleybuses in pretty much every scenario, but especially winter. the battery buses they're replacing the trolleybuses with have diesel heaters to keep the batteries warm.
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Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by sandos on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:53AM (#34258987)
Wow, why not ethanol heaters or something similar? Volvo did that several years ago in one of their first EV buses.
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Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours... by andbberger on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:48PM (#34267246)
why not leave the wires up
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