Florida waste firm receives its first Mack LR Electric waste-collection truck.
February 24, 2024
Florida waste firm receives its first Mack LR Electric waste-collection truck.
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> The Mack LR Electric will operate in residential and certain specialized commercial applications. Mack and Coastal Waste & Recycling worked together to develop favorable routing for the LR Electric to ensure that the refuse truck will complete a full day’s work based on the application needs. Coastal’s LR Electric is equipped with an automated side loader.
> The next generation Mack LR Electric offers a standard 376 kWh total battery capacity for 42% more energy and increased range between vehicle charges. Twin electric motors produce 448 continuous horsepower and 4,051 lb.-ft. of peak torque output from zero rpm.
> Four NMC lithium-ion batteries, charged through a 150 kW, SAE J1772-compliant charging system, power the vehicle and all onboard accessories through 12V, 24V, and 600V circuits. The two-stage regenerative braking system helps recapture energy from the hundreds of stops the vehicle makes daily with an increasing load.
Note that refuse-collection trucks are one category where CNG was already rather popular, because it’s quieter than diesel, has much less urban emissions than diesel, and can sometimes be run from the biomethane collected from landfills, with additional compression. Battery-electrics are even quieter and have even lower urban emissions, plus it’s a frequent-stops workload that’s favorable for electric power. That’s a whole lot of onboard battery, though, by the standards of passenger cars.
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> The Mack LR Electric will operate in residential and certain specialized commercial applications. Mack and Coastal Waste & Recycling worked together to develop favorable routing for the LR Electric to ensure that the refuse truck will complete a full day’s work based on the application needs. Coastal’s LR Electric is equipped with an automated side loader.
> The next generation Mack LR Electric offers a standard 376 kWh total battery capacity for 42% more energy and increased range between vehicle charges. Twin electric motors produce 448 continuous horsepower and 4,051 lb.-ft. of peak torque output from zero rpm.
> Four NMC lithium-ion batteries, charged through a 150 kW, SAE J1772-compliant charging system, power the vehicle and all onboard accessories through 12V, 24V, and 600V circuits. The two-stage regenerative braking system helps recapture energy from the hundreds of stops the vehicle makes daily with an increasing load.
Note that refuse-collection trucks are one category where CNG was already rather popular, because it’s quieter than diesel, has much less urban emissions than diesel, and can sometimes be run from the biomethane collected from landfills, with additional compression. Battery-electrics are even quieter and have even lower urban emissions, plus it’s a frequent-stops workload that’s favorable for electric power. That’s a whole lot of onboard battery, though, by the standards of passenger cars.