Is anyone shocked? Council bin lorries to be replaced with new diesel fleet after electric trial failure
A council plans to replace its “ageing” bin lorries with a new fleet of diesel vehicles after attempts to go electric were unsuccessful.
In 2022, senior councillors agreed to spend £4.9m to introduce zero-emission battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and an additional £1m on charging infrastructure.
This is a (relatively) rural part of the UK. Wakefield is about a 75 mile drive east of Liverpool, or about 185 mile drive north of London. The problem seems to be mainly around charging infrastructure. They were not able to get grid connections for enough charging stations for the required fleet.
This is the MGUY Australia video ⚡️Battery electric RUBBISH trucks are GARBAGE! 💩
Not only are electric heavy vehicles vastly more expensive to purchase in the first place, but they also have poor range, requiring more frequent charging stops, and those charging stops can take hours rather than the minutes it takes to fill up a diesel tank.
And then there is the base cost for the charging infrastructure... The video is about 8 and a half minutes.
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