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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent

Can electric trucks win over Australia’s fossil fuel diehards? Or is diesel here for the long haul?

Chinese electric truck company Windrose's all-electric prime mover.
Chinese electric truck company Windrose's all-electric prime mover ‘pretty comfortably’ out performed diesel counterparts, says Photograph: Windrose

It was one of the most extreme tests for an electric truck in Australia – pulling 68 tonnes, loaded with steel, up the notorious Mount Ousley escarpment from Port Kembla to Sydney.

Bo Christensen, a fleet electrification specialist, followed behind the Windrose prime mover in last year’s trial. “It’s a very tough run, but we were overtaking pretty much all the trucks going up the hill,” he says.

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