Posted on 12/28/2022 7:04:54 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Instead of 80,000 lbs of weight, they will bump that up to 90K. I am sure the roads can handle it.
Snow go for NYC’s electric garbage trucks that can’t handle winter weather
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4119516/posts
EXCERPT:
The department aims to switch all 6,000 vehicles in its fleet from gas to electric as part of the state’s goal to reduce emissions by 2040. But city officials say they haven’t found electric garbage trucks that are powerful enough to plow snow.
The department has ordered seven electric rear loader garbage trucks, custom-made by Mack and costing more than $523,000 each, with delivery slated for the spring. Used for curbside trash collection, the department’s current rear loader truck fleet runs on diesel and is outfitted with plows to clear streets during snow season.
But officials say previous electric trucks tested by sanitation have not lasted longer than four hours plowing snow before running out of power, and the new electric trucks will be used for trash collection but not plowing snow.
Yup. That's another reason the entire idea is insane
Simple solution is to put gasoline generators on semi trucks.
The plan is to strangle you where you stand, plain and simple
Deep State doesn’t care whether we believe it or not.
They’re called watermelons. Green on the outside and red on the inside.
Read an earlier article about the electric garbage trucks in NY that won’t start in very cold temps. Even when they can start them, they don’t have enough power to push a blade to clear the streets of snow.
The next semi-conservative administration needs to eliminate the EPA, along with other depts. run by radical bureaucrats.
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