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August 23, 2019 12:50 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Y_0jGS2ehE8/electric-dump-truck-produces-more-energy-than-it-uses
Electric Dump Truck Produces More Energy Than It Uses
The Elektro eDumper dump truck is being put to work at a mine in Switzerland where it's able to produce more power than it consumes. "The dump truck drives up a mountain with no load, and carries double the weight back down the mountain after getting loaded up with lime and marl to deliver to a cement plant," reports Hackaday. "Since electric vehicles can recover energy through regenerative braking, rather than wasting that energy as heat in a traditional braking system, the extra weight on the way down actually delivers more energy to the batteries than the truck used on the way up the mountain." From the report: The article claims that this is the largest electric vehicle in the world at 110 tons, and although we were not able to find anything larger except the occasional electric train, this is still an impressive feat of engineering that shows that electric vehicles have a lot more utility than novelties or simple passenger vehicles.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/Y_0jGS2ehE8/electric-dump-truck-produces-more-energy-than-it-uses
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