Amid soaring fuel prices, the government announced $3.2bn to store a billion more litres of diesel and jet fuel. What about just using less of it?
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It was one of the most extreme tests for an electric truck in Australia – pulling 68 tonnes, loaded with steel, up the notorious Mount Ousley escarpment from Port Kembla to Sydney.
Bo Christensen, a fleet electrification specialist, followed behind the Windrose prime mover in last year’s trial. “It’s a very tough run, but we were overtaking pretty much all the trucks going up the hill,” he says.