. Depending on the circumstances, regenerative braking would enable an electric truck to recharge partly or completely on-the-go, raising the potential for surpassing the 240-tonne bar.Though Scania’s new electric truck is much smaller, it could have an outsized impact on the electrification movement.
Scania lists the new electric truck at 31 tonnes total weight and a technical gross weight of 74 tonnes, with a gross weight of 66 tonnes indicated for the pilot test. The truck will go to work at the Verdalskalk limestone quarry in Verdal, Norway. It is expected to give a zero-emission ride to about 120,000 tonnes of stone per year, along a 20-kilometer route to a nearby port. The truck will be recharged and serviced at Verdalskalk’s port facility.
Sustainability or not, the regenerative braking feature of the MD Electric could also help tip the scales for truck buyers looking to save money on fuel.Hopefully Mack’s electric truck plans won’t run afoul of Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin. Governor Youngkin has aligned himself with the movement
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