Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleCopy linkA truck running entirely on electric power has been launched to transport logs across the Green Triangle forestry region in south-east South Australia.The vehicle will be rigorously tested over the next two yearsFennell Forestry commissioned the project from Janus Electric, which said it was the first of its kind in Australia and only the second worldwide.
The electric vehicle will undergo two years of testing to check its performance and to see if maintenance costs stack up against traditional internal combustion engines."Is it going to be durable enough for our application?Swap and go battery system With only one location for this swap to take place, however, the truck will have to travel within the region.Transport is second only to energy production for high emissions in Australia, with the industry having to find solutions to keep in line with theMs Fennel believes there's a role for electric in the heavy vehicle industry but it requires government investment.
"Given that South Australia is such a leader in renewable energy, it's certainly something that deserves a closer look," she said. Lex Forsyth believes the transport industry will have to adapt to keep costs down and reduce emissions.
compared to diesel they are way way sub-standard and massively more expensive. transport costs way up.
Beta cell electric trucks.
btckr STOP LOGGING!
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Well if it’s only one electric truck the grid will cope, hopefully. But then again this is South Australia we’re talking about
Swapping out whole battery packs at charging stations is definitely the way to go.
Five hundred kilometres isn’t far by trucking industry standards in fact it’s uneconomical and unsustainable as a business model.
Sambradbrook Bizarre to test electric trucks working in the logging industry. Trucks transporting food would be much more important
Sounds good in theory but I suspect that hydrogen might take over eventually.
“Please God give us a picture of it being hauled out of trouble by a big diesel truck…”
Meanwhile … 😂
Keep trying - it’s failed worldwide 😂
Greenies would be rolling over in their graves. Environmentally friendly trucking reducing greenhouse gases, while forests and ecosystems are being wiped off the earth 🌎
A semi-truck can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. Its battery can take up to a fourth of that weight.
How much mining for the batteries
Well at least they’re being environmentally friendly whilst chopping down forests 🤦🏼♀️
Don’t see why this couldn’t grow from here. Electric forklifts fitted with hot swap batteries have been in use for decades.
Australia has 0 government
Don’t tell LNP there is an electric truck trial, they will be on ABC knocking it.
Lol...😆
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