Arizona's first all-electric fire truck pumps 750 gallons per min
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Taking a huge step towards environmental consciousness and firefighter safety, the City of Mesa unveiled Arizona's inaugural all-electric North American-style fire truck, manufactured by E-ONE, a REV Group subsidiary.

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  • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If your giant truck filled with flammable substances is on fire in the middle of a wildfire, I don’t think it makes much difference if it’s cookies burning or fireworks. I don’t think firetruck fires are common enough to worry about it.

    • Fondots@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Sure, once the truck’s on fire your kind of boned either way, the issue though is whether it might be easier for a lithium battery to catch fire than a tank of diesel.

      And whether the battery pack is able to cope with the heat, how it affects the battery capacity, efficiency, longevity, etc. Even if it doesn’t catch fire, if your battery stops holding a charge after being around a big fire, that’s a pretty big issue for a fire truck.

      Again, these kinds of issues aren’t secret, so I’m sure they think it’s something that can be worked around, mitigated, or maybe won’t even come into play at all