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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

It had a 264 kWh battery pack powering the tractor’s twin motors with more than 4,000 lb-ft of torque and a range estimated at up to 150 miles. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5 Its first model was an electric adaptation of its conventional diesel-powered VNR tractor.

Volvo 131
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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). The project includes 45 E85 and B20 stations, eight propane stations, and 132 electric vehicle recharging sites. Total DOE award: $15,000,000. Total DOE award: $12,975,388. Total DOE award: $12,633,080.

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

We were expecting the heavy truck market to electrify a whole series of their auxiliaries and take the loads off the motor. We were expecting the heavy truck market to electrify a whole series of their auxiliaries and take the loads off the motor. They could do three, four runs a day without a problem, without having to recharge.