Early in 2020, Mack Trucks handed the keys to its first fully electric refuse truck to the New York City Department of Sanitation. Equipment Editor Jim Park gives us a tour of the truck and a few early driving impressions.
Mack makes a major move into the electric truck market on the streets of New York City.
Mack Trucks pulled back the curtain on the first working Mack LR Electric, a fully electric version of the LR refuse model, which will be delivered to the New York City Department of Sanitation before the end of January.
Mack Trucks unveiled its Mack LR battery-electric vehicle (BEV), powered by two 130-kW motors producing a combined 496 peak hp and 4,051 lb.-ft. of torque, at WasteExpo 2019.
Mack Trucks will partner with Republic Services to build and operate a fully electric Mack LR refuse truck to help the refuse fleet achieve zero-emissions goals.
In this exclusive HDT interview, Rocco “Rocky” DiRico, deputy commissioner for the Department of Sanitation New York outlines why he feels electric refuse trucks are his best future-fleet option.
Pitt Ohio will test two Mack Anthem daycabs equipped with Cummins Westport natural gas engines as part of a state-funded program to reduce NOx emissions.
DSNY will run the Mack tractor at the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island, New York, and evaluate performance and overall drivability of the engine burning Oberon dimethyl ether fuel.
Designed as an alternative to conventional piston-engine powertrains, the Wrightspeed Route is a range-extending electric system that propels the truck and helps reduce fuel consumption and vehicle maintenance costs, the companies said.
Mack Trucks has signed off on the use of renewable diesel fuel in all Mack engines after extensive truck and engine testing, the company announced.