NYC officials say they can't find EV garbage trucks powerful enough to plow snow
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#2TIL some trash trucks are also snowplows in NYC https://www.trailer-bodybuilders.com/archive/article/2172888...
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#3Why does critical infrastructure need to be among the first to “go green?”
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#4I wonder what the longer-term solution is for this? More trucks? Exchangeable batteries? Faster charging?
Re: NYC officials say they can't find EV garbage trucks powerful enough to plow snow
#5I wonder what the longer-term solution is for this? More trucks? Exchangeable batteries? Faster charging?
All of the above. Must Run trucks should probably be gas turbine hybrids, that can burn anything for fuel (diesel, biodiesel, Jet A, etc), versus full electric.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2016/06/07/mack-t...
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#6I wonder what the longer-term solution is for this? More trucks? Exchangeable batteries? Faster charging?
Yea just better tech. It’s not a big deal. And it’s all in progress. News just likes to make headlines about anything new so you get scared about it.
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#7Anyone else remember learning about the "Five Year Plans" of the old Soviet Union?
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#8Why does critical infrastructure need to be among the first to “go green?”
Not that it needs to go first. It's visible and it's possible for a small number of decision-makers to decide and have an impact over a larger swath of infrastructure. 1000 vehicles can be the result of 10 people deciding, not 1000 people deciding.
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#9I wonder what the longer-term solution is for this? More trucks? Exchangeable batteries? Faster charging?
All of the above. Must Run trucks should probably be gas turbine hybrids, that can burn anything for fuel (diesel, biodiesel, Jet A, etc), versus full electric. https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2016/06/07/mack-t...
This technology has been talked about lately in the context of Abrams tanks which could potentially be used in Ukraine. Doesn't it burn a lot more fuel?
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
All of the above. Must Run trucks should probably be gas turbine hybrids, that can burn anything for fuel (diesel, biodiesel, Jet A, etc), versus full electric. https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2016/06/07/mack-t...
This technology has been talked about lately in the context of Abrams tanks which could potentially be used in Ukraine. Doesn't it burn a lot more fuel?
Yes! But that might be a penalty you’re willing to make versus long turnaround times, especially if you’re in NYC vs a harsh military theater and fueling infra is solved.
The truck doesn’t care if the battery slab is pulled and replaced with another battery or a hybrid powertrain, it just cares it has enough power to accelerate and decelerate.
https://old.reddit.com/r/WarCollege/comments/r40x15/why_are_...