Triple Electric Road Train Trial

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 02:00:55 +0000

Janus Electric has partnered with Oz Minerals and Qube to trial a triple road train powered by a converted electric semi. For the initiated, that’s a prime mover pulling three trailers, and they will be doing this in the harshest conditions in South Australia’s outback. Oz Minerals, Janus Electric, and Qube will trial the technology […]

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Truck Stops Are Very Big In America — Could Battery Swapping Be An Option For Charging All Those Trucks?

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 18:05:15 +0000

One of my favorite musicians is the legendary Chimurenga music icon Thomas Mapfumo, from Zimbabwe. Due to the heated political environment in Zimbabwe in the early 2000s (it still is, you can say), Thomas Mapfumo moved to the US.  Although he had traveled to perform in the US several times before settling there, I assume […]

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Janus Electric Trucks Update

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 23:00:28 +0000

From conversations with Lex Forsythe, co-founder of Janus Electric trucks. It was a pleasure to catch up with Lex Forsythe, co-founder of Janus Electric trucks at the Noosa EV Expo. He informed me that the company now has 5 converted semis on the road, with 60 more booked to be transformed from diesel to battery […]

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Electric Truck Trials Down Under

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:30:34 +0000

How will the Volvo FL Electric and the Janus Freightliner stack up to the distances, heat, and dust of Australian conditions in the electric truck trials Down Under? Maybe I should also ask if it can drive underwater with all the recent floods. The Volvo FL Electric is equipped with Volvo battery packs that have […]

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