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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/
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/
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I think they have the potential to be quite a boon in dense and metro areas, basically short-haul trucking, and that with the mass that such trucks typically haul, the regenerative braking will be quite useful. They definitely don't have the range/recharge time for interstate trucking - at this time. Perhaps that time will come some day.
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Agreed!
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Hugs, Jon
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Considering the number of warehouse hubs around train depots, ship/dock terminals, electrifying short-haul semis could definitely be a boon. Plus with their instant-on full torque, I'll be the drivers will appreciate them.
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Hmm. Air brakes are an interesting point. As I understand it - on trains - they're a positive pressure system and a loss of pressure causes the brakes to engage. I'm not certain if that's the same system on freight trucks.