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ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT
Volvo CE has run several pilot programs
with the EC230 in locations such
as Los Angeles, Stockholm and British
Columbia and in a variety of applications.
One program participant was
Coastal Waste & Recycling in Florida,
which reportedly used an EC230 to process
up to 100 tons of construction and
demolition debris and green waste per
hour. The machine was used for a morning
shift, charged during lunch and then
used again for the afternoon, allowing
the company to get eight hours of work
from the machine each day.
" This project demonstrated that, even
though production of the machine has a
higher carbon footprint in comparison
to its diesel equivalent, the fuel savings
and carbon reduction offset that in just
over 800 hours of use, " Gallant said.
" The cost savings are just as important
because if these solutions don't make
financial sense in addition to the emissions
reduction, adoption will lag. "
" We don't use [fossil]
diesel at our factories
anymore. We use HVO.
This has an immediate
impact on the CO2
Peter Voorhoeve,
president of Volvo
Trucks North
America, at the
2024 ACT Expo.
output of
our factory by about 85%. "
Volvo CE has also announced two
new partnerships on charging products.
One with Portable Electric for a
Level 2 portable charging unit for compact
equipment, and the other with
Utility Innovation Group (UIG) for
high-power DC portable charging.
Those units were on display at the
show, along with the EC230.
" The most prominent benefits of
electric machines are the elimination of
emissions and the significant reduction
in noise and vibration, " Gallant said.
" We are seeing this equipment do well
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THE FUTURE ROLE OF HYBRIDS IN
OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES
Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 12:00 pm U.S. EDT
Speakers:
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Grant Van Tine
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- Electric Vehicles,
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in a wide variety of applications where
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