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"Andrew Forrest, the billionaire boss of iron ore giant and now green energy
leader Fortescue, has mocked a front page story in the Murdoch tabloid
The
Daily Telegraph, that dismisses electric semi trailers as a “green dream.”
The
Daily Telegraph story, titled “Try Running this on a battery”, quotes
“experts” as saying it will take decades for the Australian trucking industry
to achieve. And it includes an “editorial” that states the “technology just is
not available.”
It was all too much for Forrest, who posted a photo of the
Daily Telegraph
front page juxtaposed with a picture of one of Fortescue giant electric haul
trucks that are due to arrive at its mining operations in the Pilbara in coming
months, having already completed trials over the past year.
“You think semi-trailers can’t run on batteries?” Forrest wrote on his LinkedIn
post.
“We could load more than 5 of them onto this electric truck. “Experts” say
heavy vehicles going electric will take decades. We say years.
“Our first Liebherr T 264 battery electric haul truck arrives in months, and
our entire fleet – hundreds of vehicles – will be electric by 2030.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
