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World's largest EV never has to be recharged (www.greencarreports.com)

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[–] [email protected] 378 points 3 days ago (27 children)

The dump truck, at 45 tons, ascends the 13-percent grade and takes on 65 tons of ore. With more than double the weight going back down the hill, the beast's regenerative braking system recaptures more than enough energy to refill the charge the eDumper used going up.

[–] [email protected] 331 points 3 days ago (10 children)

So the energy this truck uses is harnessed via mining and loading... Essentially this energy was stored in the ore via geological processes.

This truck uses continental drift as his fuel.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I've seen a cable lift that worked basically like that. It transferred ore down the mountain, so heavy buckets going down lifted the empty buckets back up.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Didn't Tom Scott make a video about this?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago

Statistically, yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yep.

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