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Two more Mack LR Electric garbage trucks hit the road in Ontario (electrek.co)
submitted 3 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/evs@lemmy.world
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[–] h54@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Municipal waste collection seems like the perfect usecase for electrification. Low speed and frequent stops.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Low speed and frequent stops.

Also periodic forced "return to base" (truck is full), which presents an obvious opportunity to recharge.

[–] h54@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

Perhaps battery swapping tech for larger vehicles makes sense, depending on the usecase.

example

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