But just charging batteries will not fill the need of such a large truck moving massive loads, unless the mining company has a dozen of them charged up and ready to cycle the work load throughout the day. I don't see that as an acceptable solution for the company.
As I have read these posts about fuel cells, I can honestly say that using fuel cells may not be as efficient as batteries for a passenger vehicle, but heavy equipment and long-haul trucks could definitely use fuel cells. But the infrastructure has to be built for refueling. Or battery technology has to be advanced so that these large monsters can recharge in a matter of minutes (I would say 30 minutes tops). George Mullineaux 3rd Shift Wrench Monkey Pinnacle Corrugated, Landis, NC -----Original Message----- From: EV <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Alan Arrison via EV Sent: Monday, September 6, 2021 8:31 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Alan Arrison <[email protected]> Subject: [External] Re: [EVDL] OT: fuel cell mining truck CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender's actual email address and know the content is safe. It still doesn't make any sense. The solar they are using to make hydrogen could be more efficiently used to just charge batteries. On 9/6/2021 10:47 AM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > A Seattle company is building a 300 ton mining truck using fuel cells. > Assuming that the hydrogen comes from clean generation, this may be a > good application of fuel cells. > > Peri _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
