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It’s even better for delivery vans, too: EVs thrive in repeated stop-start conditions, which is what Amazon cans frequently do. It seems like only a matter of
by Kirby64 3y ago
It’s even better for delivery vans, too: EVs thrive in repeated stop-start conditions, which is what Amazon cans frequently do.
It seems like only a matter of time before other similar vehicles that are more industrial make this shift (eg, garbage/recycling trucks). Imagine no more super loud garbage trucks in the mornings…
- organsnyder 3y agoGiven the loudest part of garbage trucks around me is their brakes, I'm thrilled at the prospect of them getting regen.
- briffle 3y agoI chatted with a friend who used to be a garbage man in a mid-sized west coast city. Most drivers in our area have a daily route, and when they are done, they are done, but paid for the whole's day work. So they have an incentive to floor the throttle, and slam the brakes. The drivers don't pay for fuel or brake pads out of their salary, the company does, but if they drive like a maniac, they can finish a few hours earlier.
- aitchnyu 3y agoAre accelerometer logs widespread now? Even with 100 USD phone hardware, companies could check drivers are not causing too much wear or causing disomfort to passengers.
- organsnyder 3y agoProbably not on the radar for many waste companies and municipalities. I'm pretty sure the passengers won't complain, either.
- playingalong 3y agoWhere I live the biggest noise is from the loading mechanism and the built in press.
- organsnyder 3y agoThat's not quiet, either. But the sounds from the brakes carry much further, at least for my city's fleet.
- Symbiote 3y agoWe've had electric garbage trucks in Copenhagen since last year. It's a small but nice improvement. https://group.vattenfall.com/press-and-media/newsroom/2023/silent-revolution-as-copenhagens-rubbish-trucks-goes-electric https://group.vattenfall.com/press-and-media/newsroom/2023/s...