{"id":15826,"date":"2022-02-19T07:24:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T12:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15826"},"modified":"2022-02-19T07:24:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T12:24:39","slug":"awesomely-weird-alibaba-electric-vehicle-of-the-week-why-does-this-electric-garbage-truck-look-so-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=15826","title":{"rendered":"Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: Why does this electric garbage truck look so cool?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After I had such a good time pretending to operate my own private fire service with the mini electric fire truck I found last week<\/a>, I think I\u2019ll stick with the municipal services for just a bit longer. And considering the famed high-wages that garbage men are supposed to receive, perhaps its time I bought an electric garbage truck and take this dumpster fire on the road. <\/p>\n

The garbage e-truck in this week\u2019s edition of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week <\/a>will make that keenly possible, and I\u2019ll sure be doing municipal waste collection in style!<\/p>\n

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Granted, it may not have the same flash or pizazz as an electric fire truck<\/a>. But an electric garbage truck has its own quirky charm to it.<\/p>\n

I can accept that fact that I\u2019ll probably have to give up my chance to appear in the upcoming 2022 Calendar: Sexy Electric Firetruck Operators, and instead hope for a feature in a tattered pull-out ad of dirty coverall-clad waste management engineers of high ethical and environmental standards. <\/p>\n

But that\u2019s just the price I\u2019ll have to pay for operating this awesome electric vehicle, which is sure to turn as many heads as it does trash cans. <\/p>\n

While everyone else is showing off in their electric F150 Lightnings<\/a> and their shiny new Rivians,<\/a> I\u2019ll have the rarest e-truck of them all: A Chinese mini electric garbage truck.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s that? You\u2019ve got a pre-order for a 2024 Chevy Silverado EV electric truck?<\/a> Congrats on being basic!<\/em> <\/p>\n

Enjoy your excessive, wasteful 350 kW of power! I\u2019ll be the real talk of the town with my ultra-efficient 7.5 kW motor. (Which, by the way, also makes this one of the most powerful electric vehicles ever featured in this column. I don\u2019t know if that should make me laugh or cry).<\/p>\n

The real gem in this truck though is its 400A speed controller. With a 72V electrical system, that means it can actually pull a peak of nearly 30 kW from the batteries! Who knew the most powerful electric vehicle on Alibaba would turn out to be a garbage truck?!<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of accessories to power though, so it\u2019s good to know this garbage truck is a sleeper hot rod. <\/p>\n

Not only is there the drive motor that gets this aerodynamic equivalent of a brick wall up to 35 km\/h (22 mph), but there\u2019s also a complete hydraulic system for all of the garbage-related duties. The remote control, which you can see being operated in the video below, seems to have more functions than the remote to my parent\u2019s old VCR. There are hydraulic actuators everywhere performing tasks like trash grabbing, trash lifting, trash dumping and trash compacting. Basically, it\u2019s a lot of trash manipulation.<\/p>\n

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