And electric forklifts,etc, but have limited applications and need to be
close to a charging station, the point is hydrocarbon fuels have job
security for the foreseeable future.
Ken
On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 12:47 AM Uwe Klein <uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Am 01.08.21 um 06:49 schrieb Henry Spencer:
On Sat, 31 Jul 2021, roxanna Mason wrote:https://electrek.co/2019/01/29/caterpillar-electric-excavator-giant-battery-pack/
Electric can't compete with chemical energy, power density of
batteries has to increase by an order of magnitude which will require
a fundamental breakthrough in battery or supercapacitor technology. I
just can't imagine an eclectic bulldozer.
An electric heavy excavator has already been done, semi-experimentally:
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.There is all kind of heavy electric equipment used in (coal)mining.
Whether it'll catch on, well, wait and see.
Henry
Even in EX design. For ages.
Uwe
