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Whatever, good luck hauling electricity on a truck. We’re talking in the context of „you’re building a new highway, good luck getting enough electricity to char
by rad_gruchalski 2y ago
Whatever, good luck hauling electricity on a truck. We’re talking in the context of „you’re building a new highway, good luck getting enough electricity to charge those machines in that place”. What, you gonna haul your solar farm as the construction moves on for dozens of miles?
- Loudergood 2y agoIs it time to bring up swappable batteries again? You could truck in a trailer just like diesel.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agodo that
- Retric 2y agoWhy exactly would you want to haul electricity using a truck a rather than wires exactly? PEV’s are often more convenient and cheaper to use on a work site than diesel and are actually being adopted for that reason, it’s hydrogen that’s lacking distribution infrastructure.
- rad_gruchalski 2y ago> and are actually being adopted Care to share some examples?
- Retric 2y agoLook at the caterpillar line of EV vehicles they are becoming quite popular. Ex: 798 AC a 372 metric ton payload truck https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/off-highway-trucks/mining-trucks/15970073.html https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/off-highway... At the other end mini EV excavators are also becoming quite popular ex: Volvo ECR25, Bobcat E19e, etc
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoAre you seriously showing me a mining truck and some micro machines you can use to dig a trench in your garden as an example of EV machines being „adopted”? Do you even know what makes those mining trucks functional for this use case? The deeper the mine, the more effective they are!
- Retric 2y agoYes, people buying EV work vehicles are examples of EV work vehicles being adopted, which is pushing manufacturers to make ever more diversified product lines. A work crew putting in a trench really benefits from the equipment being quit. What you think of as “digging in your garden” is just one of plentiful examples of home construction scale equipment. There’s a lot of equipment that fits such purposes like rollers for people’s driveways etc. Here’s a preproduction equivalent to the hydrogen prototype mentioned in the article: 320 Electric Medium Excavator Operating weight: 22–24 metric tons | 48,501–52,911 lb Bucket capacity: 1.3 m³ | 1.7 yd³ https://www.cat.com/en_US/by-industry/construction/electric-products.html https://www.cat.com/en_US/by-industry/construction/electric-...
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoWhat’s „long single charge run” an equivalent of?
- Retric 2y agoNot sure of what you’re asking.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoWe started this thread from someone asking „will it do 8 hours of work on a single charge”. The little 301.9 digger from cat proudly says „ Run time: up to 8 hours on a single charge”, the big one says „Long single charge run time allows for ability to perform intended work with minimal disruption”. Will it do 8 hours? Otherwise I root for a hydrogen digger.