New York City puts snowplows on their garbage trucks to keep all the streets clear. Turns out the electric ones aren't ready for the challenge quite yet

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[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Good thing they have coal fired power plants to charge them back up.

[–]iamonlyoneman[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

tl;dr: the trucks run out of juice in 4 hours instead of working a 12 hour shift, when doing plow duty. Plus they're expensive and the charging infrastructure needs more inve$tment.