Yolo County, a stretch of rolling hills between the Napa Valley and Sacramento, California, has turn into one of many first municipalities within the US to place a brand new Volvo DD25 Electrical compactor into service.
Yolo County’s Local weather Motion and Adaptation Plan requires electrifying the county’s total fleet of on- and off-road tools. The fleet presently contains six electrical forklifts and two electrical pickup vans, and three extra EVs are on the way in which.
“The DD25 Electrical will assist us obtain our objectives in a number of methods: by lowering emissions, decreasing noise ranges, being extra energy-efficient, bettering working situations and selling environmentally pleasant practices,” stated Fleet Superintendent Ben Lee.
The double-drum compactor from Volvo Building Tools will assist Lee’s staff with quite a lot of tasks. “We’ll use it to compact soil, gravel and different base supplies for highway and basis tasks, in addition to rolling out and leveling asphalt throughout highway building and resurfacing.”
Lee was launched to Volvo’s electrical machines at a latest open home occasion in San Leandro. “The Volvo staff performed a key position on this resolution by serving to us assess how the DD25 Electrical would meet our particular operational wants and sustainability objectives whereas working inside our finances,” he stated.
“After discussing the options and advantages of the DD25 Electrical plus the upcoming Clear Off-Street Tools (CORE) Voucher Incentive program, Ben was very , and I knew it might be an excellent match,” stated Scott Nadell, a Authorities Gross sales Rep at Volvo Building Tools and Companies. “This mannequin is nice for the light-duty functions like patch rolling and smaller paving jobs they do.”
Lee and Nadell mentioned how a CORE voucher might subsidize the acquisition, and had the required documentation able to submit as quickly because the voucher program opened. “Happily, they have been permitted for the grant, and we had a machine already being constructed at our manufacturing unit in Pennsylvania that met the fleet’s necessities, so the remaining is historical past!” stated Nadell.
Yolo County’s DD25 Electrical compactor might want to cost no various overnights per week utilizing an current Degree 2 AC charger at their fleet facility. The machine will sometimes function for 3 to 4 hours a day, and the cost is predicted to final for at the very least six to eight hours.
“There are some distant areas within the county, so we’re trying right into a cellular, self-contained charging unit as properly, so we wouldn’t should deliver the machine again to the yard every night time throughout a long-term venture,” stated Lee.
Not like legacy diesel tools, electrical machines don’t idle, so vitality saved within the battery is simply consumed when work is being performed. In comparison with a diesel, the DD25 Electrical presents simplified upkeep, it’s quieter, and its smoother journey helps operators really feel much less fatigued on the finish of a shift. These advantages don’t come at the price of energy or efficiency. Volvo’s 48-volt battery offers 33 hp and 24 kWh of vitality—30% greater than the diesel mannequin. The drum frequency may be adjusted from 3,500 vpm (55 Hz) to 4,000 vpm (67 Hz) to handle totally different functions.
Supply: Volvo Building Tools
