“You cannot run diggers with electricity.” someone replied to a post on EVs saying the application of battery electric vehicles is limited.
Well here you go - this is the biggest all electric digger in the world. https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/news/sms-delivers-worlds-largest-excavator-komatsu-pc800-to-copper-mountain/
Well here you go - this is the biggest all electric digger in the world. https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/news/sms-delivers-worlds-largest-excavator-komatsu-pc800-to-copper-mountain/
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Muskie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brutus
https://youtu.be/sv8Q4bDl6lo?si=JexjyAlf5hRaowIZ
https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/technology-articles/engineering/worlds-largest-electric-vehicle-fully-recharges-itself/
They ?never? need to charge, as they use regenerative braking from hauling stone down hill from a quarry.
https://solarray.blogspot.com/2022/07/playing-with-electric-trains-as-climate.html
PS: I believe they are also experimenting with similar systems for other EVs besides trains.
The largest land vehicle in the world is an electric digger.
(Though it works in a coal mine, so not exactly green)
Since they barely had to move this wasn't a real problem and they never had to refuel it.
Batteries were always going to get there. These people don't know what they're talking about.