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Mack Electric Garbage Truck Debut

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A Look at Specialized Heavy equipment for Waste handling-loaders, excavators, & garbage trucks

What happens here

The presenter moves to a Mack Electric garbage truck, which is fully electric and produces zero emissions. He meets Curtis, the refuse product manager for Mack. Curtis explains that this is Mack's first fully electric prototype, currently being tested in New York City. He confirms that the electric truck will cost less to operate per mile compared to a traditional diesel garbage truck. The presenter highlights that Mack is part of the Volvo Group, benefiting from Volvo's engineering expertise while maintaining Mack's unique brand identity. They discuss the future of electric vehicles in the industry, anticipating their increased prevalence in both small and heavy-duty applications within the next decade.

Goal: Introduce the fully electric Mack garbage truck

Tools and materials

  • Mack Electric Garbage Truck — The main vehicle being showcased
  • Mack LR Model — Comparison with the electric model
  • Volvo Group Affiliation Volvo — Context for engineering and development

What they say

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and sooner or later every door gets hit right alright guys we get curtiss-wright yes what do you do for math I'm the Rutgers product men drop as I'd like to say the garbage truck okay so check this truck out you guys you guys unveiled this at the show right yes fully electric if I'm on understand absolutely fully electric there's no diesel engine here not know that natural gas engine it is fully battery like that have you done any studies where you can compare and contrast they are the operating cost of this one compared to a typical diesel truck yes are we compare or know about one as far as operating the vehicle is going down the road it's gonna is going to cost less twenty four long so this is available for sale not quite yet this is our first our first prototype which is going to the city of New York the reason we're at Mack and given a little teaser about this meteor electric truck is because Mack is part of the Volvo Group yes Matt gets to keep its unique character its unique flavor that built Matt but then they get the bonus engineering that you know created the Volvo Empire because I mean global is quality plain and simple so you got this kind of beautiful marriage of both keep your eyes open guys you will be seeing more electric vehicles not only in the next ten years you're gonna be taking over won't both the small industry and the heavy industry I mean I had a crystal ball you know I will see what we were to see what happens writings on the wall

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