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[unhandled]

When I came back to my car today, I saw this (Mack LR Electric) at a charging station near Quebec City. I’m wondering what’s the battery pack in those!

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[SnBGC]

That one has 4 battery packs. Two behind the cab for the traction motors and two between the LH wheels for the PTO. Not sure the size though... ??

 

[All Hat No Cattle]

Maybe someone can extrapolate the battery capacity from this?

 

[iankellogg]

the vehicle weighs 40,000 pounds. their energy consumption makes it 6kWh per mile. They claim 70 'working' miles so the battery is somewhere around 400kWh

 

[Maquis]

the vehicle weighs 40,000 pounds. their energy consumption makes it 6kWh per mile. They claim 70 'working' miles so the battery is somewhere around 400kWh

Another calculation:
Stated charge time is 90 minutes at 150 KW. That’s 225 KWHr. If we presume that’s 20 to 80%, the battery is 375 KWHr. Same ballpark as your calc.

 

[unhandled]

70 working miles for a garbage truck with a 90 minutes charge, not sure how practical this is but still very cool to see. I just wish it was a Lion EV truck ;-)

 

[Mach1E]

70 working miles for a garbage truck with a 90 minutes charge, not sure how practical this is but still very cool to see. I just wish it was a Lion EV truck ;-)

Sounds perfect for a government job. Work an hour, rest for 90 minutes, repeat.

 

[iankellogg]

70 working miles for a garbage truck with a 90 minutes charge, not sure how practical this is but still very cool to see. I just wish it was a Lion EV truck ;-)

70 low speed miles is probably a normal day for a garbage truck and the fuel savings would be massive since EV's are really good at stop/start. Add in lower maintenance and I see this completely viable.

 

[Logal727]

When I came back to my car today, I saw this (Mack LR Electric) at a charging station near Quebec City. I’m wondering what’s the battery pack in those!

I’m surprised it found a place to charge, is anyone else worried about how people towing with a Ford Lightning are gonna pull into a charger spot?

 

[ARK]

70 low speed miles is probably a normal day for a garbage truck and the fuel savings would be massive since EV's are really good at stop/start. Add in lower maintenance and I see this completely viable.

I agree, I’ve often been out on brisk walks where I annoyingly keep pace with the garbage truck, neither really falling behind nor passing it. What’s a brisk walk, 4 miles per hour or so?

Not all houses are spaced that closely together, but still, agree that 70 miles of range would be very workable for a garbage truck.

 

[All Hat No Cattle]

Sounds perfect for a government job. Work an hour, rest for 90 minutes, repeat.

Not quite fair, LOL.

My garbage service provider is a private company, Republic Services.

And they are currently testing a Mack garbage truck.

Mack® Delivers LR Electric Model to Republic Services to Begin Real-World Trials
10-06-2020

That is the one in the specs above.

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