ChatGPT generated image of an electric fire truck charging at dawn at a downtown Vancouver fire station
Vancouver has an electric fire truck. I’ve even seen it. That still sounds like a line from a pilot project brochure, but the truck is real, it is in service, and it is part of the city’s municipal fleet. I had also been looking at electric garbage trucks recently, another … [continued]
ChatGPT generated infographic showing how electric garbage trucks are moving from pilots to scaled deployment
The electric garbage truck is not the poster child for vehicle electrification. It does not have the consumer glamour of an electric pickup, the political visibility of an electric bus, or the freight-sector drama of battery-electric and hydrogen tractor-trailers fighting for long-haul mindshare (batteries for the win, as usual). It … [continued]
Chatgpt generated illustration showing hydrogen garbage trucks sidelined by refuelling access constraints.
The recent case in Bielefeld, where seven hydrogen garbage trucks sit idle because they cannot legally refuel at a nearby hydrogen station for buses, is a small story that exposes a large and structural problem. The vehicles were purchased with public funds, the refueling station was built with public funds, … [continued]
In some ways, it’s going to be a little easier to electrify transportation in developing countries. While the top selling car in history is the Toyota Corolla, its sales are dwarfed by the Honda Super Cub and its variants, and motorcycle sales are dwarfed by those of bicycles like the … [continued]
Jersey City in New Jersey has started taking delivery of its five battery-electric refuse trucks, BYD recently announced. The company noted that this is the first deployment of battery-electric refuse trucks in the state and will be the largest deployment of these trucks in the US to date. Delivery is … [continued]
It’s one of those vehicle sectors that seems tailor made for a quick electric transformation. Garbage trucks run regular, predictable routes, meaning required range is straightforward and clear. The stop-start nature of garbage trucks is almost custom-made for EVs — no burning fuel as garbage trucks sit in front of … [continued]
One of the most consistent and considerable electric vehicle producers this past decade has been BYD. In fact, it was probably #1, especially if you roll in all of the electric buses and electric trucks it has sold. In the past couple of weeks, though, BYD (which stands for “Build … [continued]
Electric refuse collection vehicles (eRCVs) have been around for some time. Several cities across the world have deployed eRCVs. These cities include Auckland in New Zealand, Sacramento in the USA, Kawasaki in Japan, and Bilbao in Spain.
Electric garbage trucks, for whatever reason, have long been one of my favorite types of electric vehicles. They’re so large and heavy that electric ones can replace many clouds of pollution. They have fixed, clear routes, making it easy to ensure you have enough range for the job. They don’t go on cross-country road trips — as far as I know.
Here’s an in-depth look at electric semi trucks and electric heavy-duty trucks on the market today and planned for the coming years.
