Mastodawn

Wow. This headline grabbed me. Frankly, I didn’t think it would happen before the end of this decade. And that was me being optimistic. The ‘headline?

This one:
“Record electric truck sales in March as historic 'price parity' with diesel achieved.” (Source: ABC)

#RenewableEnergy #BEVTrucks #EV #Electrification #RoadTransport #NetZero

A wave of low-cost electric trucks is heading for Australia

Diesel trucks are the backbone of the national supply chain, but figures buried in recent sales data could mark the beginning of the end for these kings of the road.

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Su_G 21h ago

@RaymondPierreL3
Excellent news - thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Now maybe the charging network/s can get a wriggle on & develop in a fair way. 😊

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RaymondPierreL3

@Su_G
Yes. Especially in regional areas of travel between States. There is also a need for better technology (Battery and chargers). Hopefully, sometime soon…

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Halaana 20h ago

@RaymondPierreL3 One of the difficulties is that a lot of transport is done by roadtrain, which are far heavier than what other countries are designing for. A local company has a converted Volvo with swappable batteries they're testing, but they're still having teething issues.