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Old 02-03-2019, 06:16 PM   #62 (permalink)
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More heavy electric equipment, as in heavier...
https://electrek.co/2017/09/17/elect...-battery-pack/

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A partnership between two Swiss companies converted a Komatsu dumper truck with a giant 700 kWh battery pack. This single conversion alone has an impressive impact in term of fuel savings and emission reduction.
A typical dumper truck consumes between 50,000 and 100,000 liters of diesel per year, depending on its application, and it can emit between ~131 and 262 tonnes of CO2
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What is interesting about electrifying dumper trucks is that they are often used to carry ore up and down mines. While diesel trucks burn fuel even on their way down a mine, there’s a great opportunity for electric vehicles to actually gain energy on their way down thanks to regenerative braking.
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The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) expects that the truck will be able to recuperate 40 kWh of its way down the quarry – something the truck does 20 times a day for a total of 800 kWh of energy capacity through regenerative braking.
While this isn't tiny, it is nothing compared to a 238 meter long electric ferry.
I'm not joking...! https://electrek.co/2017/08/24/all-e...c-ferries-abb/
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ABB already started installing the more than 4 MWh of battery packs inside each ship
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