theguardian.com
Can electric trucks win over Australia’s fossil fuel die hards? Or is diesel here for the long haul?
Amid soaring fuel prices, the government announced $3.2bn to store a billion more litres of diesel and jet fuel. What about just using less of it?
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It was one of the most extreme tests for an electric truck in Australia – pulling 68 tonnes of steel up the notorious Mount Ousley escarpment from Port Kembla to Sydney.
Bo Christensen, a fleet electrification specialist, who followed behind the Windrose prime mover in last year’s trial:“It’s a very tough run, but we were overtaking pretty much all the trucks going up the hill”. Continue reading...