| ▲ | comrade1234 an hour ago |
| Yesterday I saw a full-sized 100% electric Volvo semi-truck here in Zurich. It was owned by Aldi and making a delivery to one of their stores. It was a bit louder than I expected but nevertheless impressive. https://www.aldi-suisse.ch/de/ueber-aldi-suisse/unternehmen/... |
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| ▲ | jonny2811 an hour ago | parent [-] |
| "Der Volvo-Lastwagen, der für ein Gesamtgewicht von 42 Tonnen zugelassen ist und eine Reichweite von bis zu 320 Kilometern hat" 320km doesn't seem like a long distance for a truck, curious how that works in practice |
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| ▲ | _djo_ an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | It's optimised for distance to and from the depot and in-city store locations. Presumably it charges at the depot while loading. Trucks have a lot more space for batteries, so with EV trucks it's all about balancing range and weight for the task. More range means less useful load. | | |
| ▲ | defrost 31 minutes ago | parent [-] | | Some Australian electric prime movers (truck that pulls the load on trailers) are using a fork lift in / fork lift out swappable giant battery pack - 10 minute change over from truck to charging station, freshly charged unit back to truck. |
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| ▲ | stavros an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | | 320km seems like a very long distance to go without a rest stop. |
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