The clever way food trucks are now using e-bike batteries

18 pointsposted 12 days ago
by jerlam
(electrek.co)

5 Comments

wodenokoto

12 days ago

Hotdog stands and mobile fish mongers selling fresh fish outside supermarkets are all hooked up to main power in Denmark.

I’m surprised that a wagon that sits in the same place every day in New York can’t get a line of power. Surely the food vendors must be paying rent and permits for the spot, so it’s not like anybody is surprised that a power outlet is needed.

jerlam

11 days ago

They probably don't pay rent for the spot. The point of a food truck is that it's technically just a vehicle, and vehicles are allowed to move and park whenever there is parking. I'm sure there are rules about how long a vehicle can stay in one location and other restrictions, and there are fights about which food truck was "there first", but I don't think they pay rent in the traditional sense in public areas.

jgalt212

12 days ago

> replacing small gasoline generators with silent, emissions-free electricity.

I know more and more electricity these days is produced by green sources, but the statement above which I read often, is never strictly true.

Arnt

12 days ago

When I had a job at a power plant near where I live, one of the engineers there pointed at the big chimneys and said (I translate:) "what comes out of those chimneys is cleaner than the air around us". They filter out everything except CO₂ with good efficiency and have big, heavy, expensive machinery and engineers onside 24/7 to monitor that it works.

A 5kg motor, optimised for portability, isn't going to be like that.

melling

12 days ago

Where are the emissions generated? Far away from the population of millions.