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Old 04-06-2019, 07:40 PM   #5538 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
*The Liebherr T282 dump truck hauls the pay up out of the pit to the rail car-loading conveyor.
*They're diesel-electric,so like a diesel locomotive,it's a matter of skipping the diesel engine,and provide electric power directly to the vehicle.
Anything that doesn't move much can have a cord. Cross country trains can have electrified rails.
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Earth movers carrying loads up out of a pit, or the giant farm tractors that are now required to grow enough food for 8 billion people, run at 40% thermal efficiency so unlike a car, there is only slightly better than 2:1 efficiency to be gained. And are not convenient to run on a cord. You will need a MWh battery to take the place of each 400 Liters of fuel.
 
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