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And another hit for widespread adoption of electric vehicles. New York City just found out its electric garbage trucks can't handle a full day of snowplowing.
ussanews.com
Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the New York City city council earlier this month: “We found that they could not plow the snow effectively – they basically conked out after four hours. We need them to go 12 hours. Given the current state of the technology, I don’t see today a path forward to fully electrifying the rear loader portion of the fleet by 2040.”
New York City Electric Garbage Truck Plans Hit Wall After Trucks “Conked Out” Plowing Snow After Just Four Hours
New York City Electric Garbage Truck Plans Hit Wall After Trucks 'Conked Out' Plowing Snow After Just Four Hours In a move that absolutely nobody could have seen coming, New York City is scrapping its brilliant idea for electric garbage trucks after finding out the truck simply 'aren't powerful...
ussanews.com
Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the New York City city council earlier this month: “We found that they could not plow the snow effectively – they basically conked out after four hours. We need them to go 12 hours. Given the current state of the technology, I don’t see today a path forward to fully electrifying the rear loader portion of the fleet by 2040.”
