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"GREEN" TRUCKS * Sweden - Volvo Working on Hybrid Garbage Trucks
Sweden -Eco Geek (USA), by A Siegel -12 August 2007: -- Once a week, the municipal waste collection system makes my alarm clock entirely redundant. The squealing of the brakes alternates with the roar of acceleration, ensuring that I won't sleep late that morning. For awhile, I've been wondering why hybrid technologies aren't finding their way into those garbage trucks. Even if regenerative braking didn't cut down on the noise, at least I would be woken up by the "glorious sound of energy efficiency in the morning". Bit by bit, that hoped-for day is approaching... The Swedish Energy Agency has awarded Volvo $1.4 million to develop hybrid refuse collection trucks based on a system that Volvo had already developed for the US Air Force...Labels: green trucks
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