Methinks the large load, coupled with energy required to crush each pickup, would yield a range shorter than a true sentence from Dorkbama.
That's what I was thinking too. The power to drive that large of a truck, which gains weight with every curbside stop... plus run the compactor. It would require a very large battery pack.
Consider that half the weight, and a good part of the volume of the two seater Tesla, consists of its battery pack.
It does not make sense to me for a heavy duty vehicle like a garbage truck. With all that battery, there wouldn't be much room left for job... which is collecting garbage.
Might work for smaller vehicles with lighter, less bulky loads like the USPS delivery jeeps. Even there, they would probably only work in areas with few hills and no really cold weather to drain the batteries.
Battery technology is just not there to make electric vehicles practical for most applications.
There needs to be some fundamental battery technology breakthrough before electric vehicles can become commonplace and an economic alternative to the trusty old internal combustion engine.
I’ve used the stationary compactors found at big box stores, malls, etc with the 30 yard enclosed container on them. Those suckers have 10 hp electric motor on them just to compact the load. Most curb side trucks in my area also have the hydraulic arm to lift and dump the barrel at each stop. add thousands of pounds of trash and that backup generator will be doing most of the charging.