๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ (๐๐ฉ๐) ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐นโฆ
- Apr 3
- 1 min read
A recent trial in South Australiaโs forestry sector has shown that while electric trucks can technically do the job, theyโre ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ โ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐.
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Interesting.
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Because for many in the real world โ particularly ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ โ this isnโt exactly a revelation.
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The reality is that freight isnโt theoretical. Itโs not policy-driven.
Itโs ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐-๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ โ Every. Single. Day.
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Yet the conversation around electrification continues to be driven as though one solution fits all.
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Maybe itโs time the Australian Government and Chris Bowen started listening a little more closely to the businesses actually doing the work on the ground.
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๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
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