Anyone using electric diggers?

[fred]

im actually looking forward to getting one is 20 years time. Electric motor instead of diesel engine is a no brainer. The problem they have to sort is how to charge the thing overnight on a site with no power and make it last a full 9 hour day getting beasted.

 

[V8Druid]

we were discussing a while back retrofitting leccy drives to classics and that some specialists were already doing it
tripped over this yesterday ...

"Volkswagen e-Bulli: An all-electric 60s classic conversion you can buy "

€64,900 gets you one from e-classics in Germany

eClassics Bulli

Besuche den Beitrag für mehr Info.

murschel-electric-cars.de

Volkswagen e-Bulli: An all-electric 60s classic conversion you can buy

This is a 1966-model Volkswagen T1 Samba Bus. It has spent more than half a century on the roads of California, meaning it's probably got wild and woolly stories to tell about Woodstock and the Summer of Love, and unspeakable things have surely taken place in its roomy interior. Lives have likely…

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[Smiffy]

we were discussing a while back retrofitting leccy drives to classics and that some specialists were already doing it
tripped over this yesterday ...

"Volkswagen e-Bulli: An all-electric 60s classic conversion you can buy "
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€64,900 gets you one from e-classics in Germany

eClassics Bulli

Besuche den Beitrag für mehr Info.

murschel-electric-cars.de

Volkswagen e-Bulli: An all-electric 60s classic conversion you can buy

This is a 1966-model Volkswagen T1 Samba Bus. It has spent more than half a century on the roads of California, meaning it's probably got wild and woolly stories to tell about Woodstock and the Summer of Love, and unspeakable things have surely taken place in its roomy interior. Lives have likely…

newatlas.com

There is a fascinating group on Facebook
diy electric vehicles
There are some really impressive builds and some very clever blokes on there

 

[V8Druid]

right ... in light of the recent declaration that all vehicles're gonna be electric by 2030 ....

where is all the power coming from to charge all these? ....
the current national grid's capacity can't cope with an ad break in a popular TV prog. when everyone turns the kettle on .... they have to switch in reserve systems, often having to crank up disused generating facilities to cope.
HTF are we going to service the demand when everyone gets home from work and plugs in, looking for massive Kw/Mw/Gw supplies, to charge their depleted vehicle batteries ??? ....
to say now't of the thousands of pieces of plant, getting plugged in at the end of each shift.

pie in the sky dreaming ....

and what about all the emissions all the generation of this power is going to cause even if there's a system in place to create all this massive increase in energy requirements? ......
or are we gonna go nuclear in a big way ...
and leave all the sh1t for future generations to cope with???

 

[GazCro]

Add to that if you have a 3 car household all needing to charge up as well as put kettle on and watch tv will single phase supply even cope. I've not seen any sign of 3 phase being installed into all domestic properties yet.

 

[V8Druid]

Add to that if you have a 3 car household all needing to charge up as well as put kettle on and watch tv will single phase supply even cope. I've not seen any sign of 3 phase being installed into all domestic properties yet.

now that'd be a bonus might even make buying an electric roller skate worth while ... where do i apply for a free 3 ph installation please

 

[GazCro]

now that'd be a bonus might even make buying an electric roller skate worth while ... where do i apply for a free 3 ph installation please

That's my hope as well

 

[Charlie]

Just in case anyone hasn't seen it

 

[V8Druid]

Just in case anyone hasn't seen it

highly efficient use of cherry that .... or soon to be white / DERV

 

[Russell]

The sales man told me the dumper will do 4 hours of continuous use. That's a bit rubbish when it costs twice the price.

 

[Charlie]

The sales man told me the dumper will do 4 hours of continuous use. That's a bit rubbish when it costs twice the price.

And you need three of em to get a day's work in!

 

[Quattromike]

Is electro hydraulic the right way forward on mini excavators? Can you see them changing from hydraulic cylinders to linear actuators there are some nice actuators out there with precision repeatability, could possibly make Trimble or Idig systems easy to adapt.

 

[Brendan]

right ... in light of the recent declaration that all vehicles're gonna be electric by 2030 ....

where is all the power coming from to charge all these? ....
the current national grid's capacity can't cope with an ad break in a popular TV prog. when everyone turns the kettle on .... they have to switch in reserve systems, often having to crank up disused generating facilities to cope.
HTF are we going to service the demand when everyone gets home from work and plugs in, looking for massive Kw/Mw/Gw supplies, to charge their depleted vehicle batteries ??? ....
to say now't of the thousands of pieces of plant, getting plugged in at the end of each shift.

pie in the sky dreaming ....

and what about all the emissions all the generation of this power is going to cause even if there's a system in place to create all this massive increase in energy requirements? ......
or are we gonna go nuclear in a big way ...
and leave all the sh1t for future generations to cope with???

Plus all the lost revenue in fuel , at some point it will be a pay per mile system for electric vehicles

 

[Lancs Lad]

I've seen prats on LinkedIn showing off their new zero emission electric forklift....that most folk have had for years. All bullsh*t.

 

[fred]

right ... in light of the recent declaration that all vehicles're gonna be electric by 2030 ....

where is all the power coming from to charge all these? ....
the current national grid's capacity can't cope with an ad break in a popular TV prog. when everyone turns the kettle on .... they have to switch in reserve systems, often having to crank up disused generating facilities to cope.
HTF are we going to service the demand when everyone gets home from work and plugs in, looking for massive Kw/Mw/Gw supplies, to charge their depleted vehicle batteries ??? ....
to say now't of the thousands of pieces of plant, getting plugged in at the end of each shift.

pie in the sky dreaming ....

and what about all the emissions all the generation of this power is going to cause even if there's a system in place to create all this massive increase in energy requirements? ......
or are we gonna go nuclear in a big way ...
and leave all the sh1t for future generations to cope with???

the capacity can be evened out a lot as the majority will change over night when demand is very low. For those who commute to work and then their car sits all day they will become part of the grid supplying peak demand. You will be able to set a min amount you want to keep and above that you can sell back to grid. You charge overnight when its cheap again.

Not sure there is enough time to get the supply chain setup for it though, i would think 15 years to be more realistic. Can't see there being anywhere near enough charging points outside the home buy then.

 

[V8Druid]

Is electro hydraulic the right way forward on mini excavators? Can you see them changing from hydraulic cylinders to linear actuators there are some nice actuators out there with precision repeatability, could possibly make Trimble or Idig systems easy to adapt.

but would they have the power initially and how long'd they last ... consider the number of actions/actuations/operations just on a simple trench or a grade job .... comparing an actuator to a much lower friction creating ram, with some serious pressure operating it .... just can't see it being a viable option TBH

 

[V8Druid]

Plus all the lost revenue in fuel , at some point it will be a pay per mile system for electric vehicles

won't have any worries about having yer tank siphoned ever again though .... HTF are the pikies gonna manage ... hopefully there'll be a few about with scorched lips

 

[T whiting]

A 20t digger will just have a big Bank of lead acid batterys and ditch the counterweight much like a electric forklift. I can see how feeding back to the grid will work but there needs to be a lot more infastructure involved to make it work

 

[Mogman]

what about all the terraced houses that only have a foot path in front of the house with cables running across them to charge there cars, not every body has a drive to park on I'm fortunate only me and the bride so only car and a van on a private drive/yard but my brother has,,,,,,,,,,,his car, wife's car, daughter's car, sons car and sons work van and can only get one on the drive at a time he may fine it a bit tricky

 

[GazCro]

what about all the terraced houses that only have a foot path in front of the house with cables running across them to charge there cars, not every body has a drive to park on I'm fortunate only me and the bride so only car and a van on a private drive/yard but my brother has,,,,,,,,,,,his car, wife's car, daughter's car, sons car and sons work van and can only get one on the drive at a time he may fine it a bit tricky

Better make sure the extension lead is fully unwound if you're gonna be charging 5 cars off it