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Seattle makes history with electric garbage truck
- tomohawk 7y agoHydraulic hybrid is much better for this application. Cheaper, and captures much more of the braking energy. https://www.hydraulicspneumatics.com/waste-management/ohio-town-welcomes-first-hydraulic-hybrid-garbage-trucks https://www.hydraulicspneumatics.com/waste-management/ohio-t...
- StillBored 7y ago56miles, and 600 stops. The latter sounds like the limiting factor, where I live the garbage truck stops at every house on the block, which very quickly adds up. The question that seems to remain unanswered in the article is whether the truck fits into the existing working patterns or will require a second truck charging while the crew is utilizing the first.
- Analemma_ 7y agoIf it’s working downtown where there’s dense housing, like 1-3 apartment buildings per block with only one stop for each, 600 stops could cover a lot of ground.
- Gibbon1 7y agoI think so too. A garbage truck when loading is likely only making 5mph if that. 56 miles then is ~10 hours. Thing that would eat miles is the distance between the service area and the transfer station.