Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by baseline-shift on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:34PM
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Distance isn't the only issue. Nobody needs that kind of power in a truck to get around in.
But short haul and heavy duty like in a mine, this would be very handy.
Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by esel2k on Sunday November 19, 2023 @05:58AM
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Recent documentary where those heavy CAT loaders in Sweden mines are electric: https://youtu.be/V5aDnIfBCKA?si=aQevXe13IjjFkgRQ
Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by favorited on Friday November 17, 2023 @07:59PM
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Germany is also experimenting with electrified highways, where trucks charge their batteries via a pantograph for stretches of the autobahn.
Of course, they're also shuttering nuclear plants and reopening coal plants, so you might call it a step forward and a half-step backward...
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-tests-first-ehighway-autobahn/...
Re:Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck
by imtringued on Saturday November 18, 2023 @05:36AM
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This keeps getting repeated but the percentage of coal in the electricity mix hasn't risen whatsoever. What's getting delayed is a higher renewable percentage. The problem in Germany isn't "more coal".
So the implication is that it's not being used for that distance yet.
70km is really not very far. Great if you can take some short haul diesels off the road I guess, but that's not even a 1-hr drive on most roads.