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I'm surprised they didn't use one of the existing diesel-electric hybrid dump trucks as a base model. That seems like an easier conversion than converting a tr

I'm surprised they didn't use one of the existing diesel-electric hybrid dump trucks as a base model. That seems like an easier conversion than converting a truck with a mechanical transmission. Here's an example diesel-electric hybrid dump truck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebherr_T_282B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebherr_T_282B

mulmen 9y ago
That truck is an order of magnitude larger than the one in the article. I imagine that at some point hybrid electric power trains become a necessity but before that they are excessively complicated. Are there existing hybrid trucks of a similar size to the one in the article?