I suppose this was the next logical use case to crack, as these vehicles spend time at the fire station and generally do short trips to fight fires and then return again to the station. It is well worth watching the video included in the article, and if you're not German-speaking, then just turn on auto-translate.
Generally everything is a major plus for these vehicles and the only downside is where they would be used for disasters and require very long usage scenarios. For this, they have included a backup diesel generator. Positive though were an incredibly small turning circle, a crawl sideways movement, much more cab space as well as side panel storage, operations are all inside, much quieter interior, etc.
I'd imagine too if more are purchased that the fire station would possibly also get it's own solar charging.
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It’s great to see new sectors starting to seriously go electric. And we’ve got another one that’s in that camp — fire trucks. Rosenbauer is moving toward production of an electric fire truck named “Revolutionary Technology,” and Volvo Penta has announced that it has now partnered with Rosenbauer to supply the powertrain. “By adapting proven […]
