Janus trucks continues to be busy converting polluting diesel trucks to battery electric for Cement Australia.
, he spoke glowingly of an ever expanding backlog of trucks lining up for conversions from diesel to electric. Now, Cement Australia has just delivered its first load in New South Wales with an electric Janus JE410, the latest addition to its fleet.
“Fuel tanks have been replaced with exchangeable batteries providing 620kWh in total, along with an electric blower discharge that works off the battery. Under the bonnet, a 350kW motor is capable of producing around 490 horsepower with a range of four to six hundred kilometres, attached to a 12-speed gearbox. The truck, rated to 70 tonnes, can also operate using a concrete plant’s power by having external power plugged into it.
“We’re traditional Kenworth customers, so we basically decided to have one of our normal trucks converted so that the transition for our drivers into a new bit of kit would be easier,”“It’s effectively just a standard T410 Kenworth without the driveline.
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