Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours...
by Robotbeat on Thursday January 05, 2023 @12:00PM
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It helps that batteries have literally two orders of magnitude greater range than an old school flywheel.
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Re:New York EV Garbage Trucks can only snow plow for 4 hours...
by jacquesm on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:04PM
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Yes, definitely, they are trialing this in Arnhem, I'll go have a look at it to see how it is all put together. By the looks of it they take a 'normal' trolley bus, remove diesel engine + tank + associated bits and pieces then put a battery in the spot where the tank used to be, and a bunch of electronics (regulator/inverter/charger) to create a voltage high enough to run the normal bus hardware of and to recharge the battery when the bus is connected to the overhead grid.