Volvo hybrid garbage trucks
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Volvo hybrid garbage trucks
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'Exciting technology'
Picture the usual garbage truck. Its quick, frequent stop/start movements - 1,200 stops per day is not unusual - are a good way to begin understanding hybrid and its potential.
The movements, as the driver tries to cover his territory quickly, are a big energy waster. Diesel fuel is used to propel the truck forward, and then, much of that built-up energy is lost as he brakes to a halt.
"But if you could recapture that, we think we could reduce the (diesel) fuel consumption up to 33 percent" on a refuse or a dump truck, Charest said. "The fuel economy in miles per gallon could be increased 30 (percent) to 50 percent."
A hybrid offers that potential.
excerpt:
'Exciting technology'
Picture the usual garbage truck. Its quick, frequent stop/start movements - 1,200 stops per day is not unusual - are a good way to begin understanding hybrid and its potential.
The movements, as the driver tries to cover his territory quickly, are a big energy waster. Diesel fuel is used to propel the truck forward, and then, much of that built-up energy is lost as he brakes to a halt.
"But if you could recapture that, we think we could reduce the (diesel) fuel consumption up to 33 percent" on a refuse or a dump truck, Charest said. "The fuel economy in miles per gallon could be increased 30 (percent) to 50 percent."
A hybrid offers that potential.
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