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The Wayne ([personal profile] thewayne) wrote2024-08-28 08:51 am
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Ohio trucking company adds electric trucks to its fleet

The new Mack trucks have a 230 mile range and will compose 1% of the company's fleet, but will serve as an excellent test bed. It will also reduce diesel fume and particulate pollution around the company's warehouse facilities.

I spotted an electric semi truck coming back from Phoenix last month on I-10, it might have been a Mack. I thought that was pretty cool. I can't wait to see more of them on the road.

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/pitt-ohio-trucking-company-ev-fleet/

[personal profile] acelightning73 2024-08-29 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
My dad was a long-haul trucker. He'd have been annoyed about the change - he was perfectly "in synch" with internal combustion engines in a profound way, that might not have been applicable to an electric vehicle. (I inherited all my technomagic from him.) I have never driven an electric vehicle, but I've been a passenger in one. The various magnetic fields make my brain itch a little bit. But major cargo hauling makes a lot of sense for vehicles with lower emissions.
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[personal profile] kaishin108 2024-08-29 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That is very cool!
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[personal profile] disneydream06 2024-08-30 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
WOW. that is great news. :)
Hugs, Jon
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[personal profile] silveradept 2024-08-31 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds like it will be excellent for short-haul materials, and for distribution from central locations to their regional spokes and eventual final destinations. Even if we reduced diesel to only being part of long-haul things, that would be fantastic.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2024-08-31 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
I'll bet they're also quieter and are less likely to run afoul of the "Use of compression brakes prohibited" and other signs around that say "Keep it down, trucks!"