Friday, September 15, 2017

World's first electric dump truck stores as much energy as 8 Tesla Model S cars

Even the construction industry can “go green.” A collection of Swiss companies is proving this to be true by developing the world’s largest electric vehicle and in record time. The E-Dumper weighs in at a whopping 45 tons and has 700 kWh of storage capacity. That’s as much as eight Tesla Model S vehicles! To ensure it is as environmentally-friendly as possible, the E-Dumper’s base is a used Komatsu HD 605-7 dumper truck. The original has had its diesel engine removed, however; in its...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-electric-dump-truck-stores-as-much-energy-as-8-tesla-model-s-cars
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