Well, of course I looked up "electric garbage trucks." I've only followed up on a couple of articles and I haven't vetted any of them, but, as a first impression, it doesn't look like electric garbage trucks are just science fiction for the future. And why should they be?
One article claims, "They could quietly cruise down streets in Manhattan, the Bronx, and other boroughs by 2023." https://www.popsci.com/technology/nyc-sanitation-acquires-mack-electric-garbage-trucks/
Rocky DiRico, a deputy commissioner with New York City’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY) says the bigger concern on his mind is the infrastructure required to charge these big machines. “The fact of the matter is, I don’t think the truck is going to be the issue—I think the truck is perfect,” DiRico reflects. “The infrastructure—the voltage and the amperage required to charge them in large quantities in my districts—that’s going to be a heavy load for the utilities, and I’m more concerned about that than I am about the ability of the truck to do the job.”
With that in mind, I wonder about the option of introducing one electric rig into the Olympia fleet of refuse haulers to give it a try-on and hanging onto most of the petroleum burners until they start to give out. And there's always leasing. Turning away from the opportunity to "go electric" here seems unnecessarily shortsighted.
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