Chevrolet exits all ICE production by 2035
Chevy exits ICE engines Hopefully the other manufacturers won't follow suit. Being from Texas and starting to thaw out from our latest freeze of the century, I don't see how our current power g...
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Lantley wrote:wildtoad wrote:
I wonder how earthmovers, or other very large construction machines will be adapted to work on battery, how many hours will the operate and just as important how long will it take to recharge them, especially out in the middle of Nebraska. EVs are the future for personal transportation, but the need for ICE’s is here for a long time.
Electric construction equipment is being developed as we speak
Electric Construction equipment
Heavy mining excavators have had electric powered models for a few years now. Big difference - they are corded, with 3 phase primary voltage feed.
I think this Cat will fill a niche market, where there's a load of idling (trenching, etc.). In a production environment of loading dump trucks, the engine runs nearly 100% duty cycle.
At 122 kW and 300 kWh, we're talking maybe 3 hours before recharging.
