You know how I know it ’s garbage sidereal day ? Because it ’s 5 am and it sounds likethe trucks from Pumpare buzz off busy on the curb . VROOOOOM , CRUNCH , SLAM , WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA , SLAM , CRUNCH , VROOOOOM . But some lucky Chicagoans will soon be capable to catch some Z’s all the way through the night thanks to a unexampled fleet of ( mostly ) silent dump trucks .
Built by Motiv , an galvanising vehicle companionship that first gained prominence with its galvanizing schooling passenger vehicle for Kings Canyon Unified School District in California , the new all electric garbage hand truck will run a 60 mile route while collecting and compress an estimate 9 tons of trash every Clarence Day . It is also expected to bring through 2,688 gallons of diesel motor and $ 11,000 in maintenance costs every year . Compact - y part of the truck are still sure to make a racket , but the drive part will be mercifully whisper - quiet .
In all , Chicago aims to add together at least 20 of these vehicles to its existing , 600 - potent fleet over the next five years at a monetary value of $ 13.4 million . The electric truck will make its public debut on September 23rd at a Ride and Drive event put on by the CALSTART High - Efficiency Truck Users Forum — check it out before the fomite is bathed in human refuse . [ AP News ]
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