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At 50 tons and 700 kilowatt-hours, this truck is the biggest EV in the world
- CydeWeys 9y agoThis is a repost, but one qualification I have: This dump truck isn't the largest EV in the world, not even close; there are many fully-electric trains that are much larger. It is, however, the largest EV that is designed to run off battery power for an extended length of time. The trains in question run off grid power for the most part, and to the extent that they have batteries at all, it's just to allow them to get to the next functioning energized piece of rail or overhead wire.
- bryanlarsen 9y agoYes, it's the largest BEV, not the largest EV. Comments on the article claim that the Bagger 293 is the largest EV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_293 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_293
- CydeWeys 9y agoYeah, now Bagger 293 I would absolutely believe. Those bucket-wheel excavators are monstrously large.
- jermaustin1 9y ago> Here's the really cool part: each round trip actually generates electricity. Because the e-Dumper goes up the mountain empty and descends carrying 71 tons (65 tonnes) of rock, it captures 40kWh on the way to the cement works via regenerative braking. But climbing back up to the quarry only requires 30kWh, so every trip will feed an extra 10kWh into the local electricity grid. Not bad when you then consider that the e-Dumper will be doing that trip 20 times a day. We finally found it... FREE ENERGY!