7 News Adelaide: Electric Truck Prototype (3/3/2024)
Summary
TLDRAustralian electricity provider Ausgrid is developing electric vehicles to reduce transport emissions. They have created electric truck prototypes for testing, with rapid charging enabling long daily range. Ausgrid's CEO believes these could form a zero-emission fleet of the future. The company aims to facilitate electric vehicle charging alongside powering homes and businesses. This aligns with their goal to reduce carbon emissions, not ruling out future nuclear power among potential clean energy sources. Overall, Ausgrid is proactively innovating to enable cleaner electric transport.
Takeaways
- 😊 Australian electricity company testing prototype electric trucks for their fleet
- 🚚 Prototype electric trucks have similar performance to traditional trucks
- 🔋 Trucks can recharge batteries in about an hour
- 🌱 Company aims to reduce carbon emissions from their fleet
- ⛽️ Eliminating exhaust and engine noise from electric fleet
- 🔌 Company already distributes electricity, looking to distribute it for EVs too
- 🚛 Testing trucks first, cars and buses to follow
- 📈 Want to lead advances in EV technology
- 🔋 EV fleet would only need recharging on busiest storm response days
- ☢️ Company CEO doesn't rule out nuclear power playing a role in energy transition
Q & A
What type of vehicle is being tested by Ausgrid?
-Ausgrid is testing prototype electric trucks.
Why is Ausgrid interested in electric vehicles?
-As a distributor of electricity, Ausgrid wants to learn how to distribute electricity to power electric vehicles.
How long does it take to recharge the electric truck's batteries?
-The trucks can recharge their batteries in about an hour with a split charger set up.
What is the benefit of electric trucks having no exhaust or engine noise?
-Electric trucks with no exhaust or engine noise are better for the environment and reduce noise pollution.
What daily range do the electric trucks typically have?
-The electric trucks typically have a 250+ km daily range.
Who is Mark England and what future does he predict?
-Mark England is the CEO of Ausgrid. He predicts electric vehicles will be the 'fleet of the future' as part of reducing carbon emissions.
Is Ausgrid considering nuclear energy as part of its future energy mix?
-Yes, Ausgrid is keeping an open mind about including nuclear along with other energy sources in the future.
Why does Ausgrid want to reduce carbon emissions?
-As an electricity provider, reducing carbon emissions helps Ausgrid transition to cleaner energy and fight climate change.
What has Ausgrid already electrified besides trucks?
-Ausgrid has electrified cars and buses in addition to trucks.
How can electric trucks improve Ausgrid's operations?
-Electric trucks can help Ausgrid improve operations by reducing noise and emissions during tasks like storm response.
Outlines
😀 Electric Vehicles Coming to Trucks Sooner Than Expected
Australian electricity company is developing electric truck prototypes to reduce carbon emissions. The trucks can recharge in an hour and have a 250km range. The CEO envisions this as the truck fleet of the future, part of their efforts to transition to cleaner energy.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡electric vehicle
💡prototype
💡fleet
💡emissions
💡transition
💡renewable energy
💡nuclear power
💡carbon emissions
💡battery range
💡charging infrastructure
Highlights
Electric vehicle sales could soon extend to trucks
Prototypes could be on roads sooner than we think
Truck looks and drives like normal truck but lacks sound of engine
Electricity company wants to distribute electricity to vehicles
Testing prototype trucks, cars and buses
Learn what works and doesn't with electric vehicle prototypes
Aim to be at forefront of electric vehicle technology
Truck can recharge batteries in an hour
Electric trucks have 250+ km range, only issue on busy storm days
CEO calls electric trucks 'fleet of the future'
Electric vehicles part of plan to reduce carbon emissions
Not ruling out nuclear as energy source for electric vehicles
Need different energy sources in transition to electric
Must keep open mind as technology evolves
Electric trucks aim to improve operations and sustainability
Transcripts
electric vehicle sales could soon extend
to trucks and they could be on our roads
sooner than we think the Australian
electricity giant behind the Prototype
calls it the fleet of the
future it looks just like a
truck it drives like one
too but it's the
sound or lack of that's different no
exhaust no engine this is electric
osgrid as a distributor of electricity
to homes and businesses we want to work
out how to be a distribut of electricity
to vehicles too the electricity giant
recently hit the road with cars trucks
and buses are next a fleet tonight on
trial we've got a couple of prototypes
to test and learn and really figure out
what works and what doesn't and try and
be at the Forefront of the technology
and as we learn from that then we'll
look at what else we can roll out and
improve the way we do our operations
with a split charger set up a truck can
refuel its batteries in an hour meaning
smoko for tradies isn't just about
refueling themselves they normally have
like a 250 km plus range uh so it would
only be on really busy days where we've
got a sort of storm response and we're
in and out and all around Sydney um that
we might be pushing that o grid CEO Mark
England calls it the fleet of the Future
Part of his prediction to reduce carbon
emissions not ruling out nuclear we're
going to need a lot of different sources
of energy in this energy transition and
we've got to keep our our minds open and
Technology evolves all the time Bill
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