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Need to 'muricanise it more... It's a sort of pickup truck.
Here, let me translate to American ;D - Chevy El Camino or Ford Ranchero. "Two^ nations divided by a common language" - (someone famous) ^Four, really.
Small four door pickups are a more analogous use case to the vehicle in the article though.
There's some mining operation with battery electric trucks where the mine is above the unloading point. So the heavy loads all move downhill, the trucks use regenerative braking, and they don't need external charging.
I think these are the ones you're talking about?
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I wonder how quickly it charges. Vehicles in mine sites are often in use around the clock, which is fine if you can quickly top them up with fuel, but if it takes a few hours to recharge them, you're going to need more vehicles.
The bigger the battery, the faster it can charge to 80% or so. The last 20% is the slow charge, but if the vehicle is always plugged in when not moving, it’s not a concern.
Wow, that's a beautiful truck. I wish American utility vehicle designers would go back to a boxier design. Edit: I'd kill for a truck that had Land Rover looks with Ford or Toyota truck reliability.
As long as we care about fuel economy (and range, when they go electric) in light trucks curves are here to stay.
> It’s available in 20 to 120 kilowatt hour battery packs, with modular battery packs in it, and has a 700 Newton meter electric motor in it,” said Possingham. I bet you he said Newton metre. It's an extra kicker that people who don't use metric units also get to change the spelling of metric units the rest of us are using.
Are `meter` and `metre` pronounced differently?
> It's an extra kicker that people who don't use metric units also get to change the spelling of metric units the rest of us are using.
Assuming you are referring to the US, we use metric. We just don't use it for everything.
What a strange high-horse you sit on.
Wow, that's a beautiful truck. I wish American utility vehicle designers would go back to a boxier design. Edit: I'd kill for a truck that had Land Rover looks with Ford or Toyota truck reliability.
For non-Australians, "ute" is the widely-used abbreviation for "utility vehicle".
When I read ute I was expecting to see something like an electric Maloo, not a 4x4. It's really only since the demise of Ford and Holden in recent years that "ute" has been used to describe an American-style pickup like a Ford Ranger or VW Amarok with an enclosed tray. Maybe someone will do an electric "Sandman" panelvan conversion. The petrol fumes were always terrible driving around with the back open.
For everyone non-Oz, a 'Maloo' is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)#/media/File:2010...
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When I read ute I was expecting to see something like an electric Maloo, not a 4x4. It's really only since the demise of Ford and Holden in recent years that "ute" has been used to describe an American-style pickup like a Ford Ranger or VW Amarok with an enclosed tray. Maybe someone will do an electric "Sandman" panelvan conversion. The petrol fumes were always terrible driving around with the back open.
Yeah, it seems the marketing geniuses got together to make the one tonners become tradie utes which then allowed this new american style 'ute'. It's not cricket. For everyone non-Oz, a 'Maloo' is this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ute_(vehicle)#/media/File:2010...
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Also ironically, the mining sector is also the driving factor behind a lot of renewable energy innovation projects in Australia. Since mining usually takes place in the middle of nowhere, utilising the sun/wind for energy makes things easier than having to transport fossil fuels long distances. https://arena.gov.au/projects/agnew-renewable-energy-microgr...
Also decomissioned mines are increasingly being used for pump-hydo, eg: https://www.genexpower.com.au/250mw-kidston-pumped-storage-h...
https://www.arup.com/projects/bendigo-underground-pumped-hyd...
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