Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Solarpunk technology@slrpnk.netEnglish · 14 hours agoFortescue’s 6MW electric vehicle charger stuns the EV and mining industriesthedriven.ioexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11cross-posted to: mining@lemmy.ca
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minus-squareCrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.worklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 hours agoA 240 tonne battery? That’s almost 240 tonnes less payload. They should make one that runs on hydrogen or ammonia.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 hours agoNo the truck is 240T I think
minus-squareCrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.worklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoAh you’re right. Assuming an energy density of 160 Wh/kg that’s still almost 12,000kg. That much hydrogen contains about 400MWh.
minus-squareSonori@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours agoThen your looking at almost an order of magnitude increase in fuel costs and a related increase in operating costs rather than savings.
minus-squareCrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.worklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoWhy would the operating costs be higher?
A 240 tonne battery? That’s almost 240 tonnes less payload. They should make one that runs on hydrogen or ammonia.
No the truck is 240T I think
Ah you’re right. Assuming an energy density of 160 Wh/kg that’s still almost 12,000kg. That much hydrogen contains about 400MWh.
Then your looking at almost an order of magnitude increase in fuel costs and a related increase in operating costs rather than savings.
Why would the operating costs be higher?