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Joined: 08/11/2016
Location: AustraliaPosts: 814
| Posted: 04:45am 02 Dec 2019 |
One of the biggest issues is that the entire western world's manufacturers are all trying to play catchup- Tesla has popularised the idea of an EV (but quite frankly is way to high an initial price- even the base models are very expensive)
You still can't buy a EV truck, bus or delivery vehicle from any major western firms, yet quite cheap and effective cars, trucks, buses etc have been available in the Chinese market for literally years, most of their efforts were aimed to the internal Chinese market and simply they had no interest (at that point) of even bothering with the external markets
Sure a few snuck out (the Sydney Big Blue buses for example, they have a fleet of them on the roads- 450 to 500km range, first started service in 2016, the same company BYD have a huge market with EV taxi's- some of which are now being finally retired- after nearly ten years of service!!!
(to put their experience in perspective, in 2018, the Chinese were registering more new EV's in a single month, than Tesla sold worldwide- for the entire year...)
You want an dual steer, rear bogie electric dump truck- well you won't find one from any western company yet, but you will see them working in China, slap down the cash and drive off, available in a variety of configurations from small delivery trucks, to large heavy duty dump trucks...
The west has a LOT of catching up to do before they even get close to whats already on the market in China...