Yolo County, a stretch of rolling hills between the Napa Valley and Sacramento, California, has change 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 whole fleet of on- and off-road tools. The fleet at present consists of six electrical forklifts and two electrical pickup vehicles, and three extra EVs are on the way in which.
“The DD25 Electrical will assist us obtain our targets in a number of methods: by decreasing emissions, reducing noise ranges, being extra energy-efficient, enhancing working situations and selling environmentally pleasant practices,” mentioned Fleet Superintendent Ben Lee.
The double-drum compactor from Volvo Building Tools will assist Lee’s staff with quite a lot of initiatives. “We’ll use it to compact soil, gravel and different base supplies for highway and basis initiatives, in addition to rolling out and leveling asphalt throughout highway development and resurfacing.”
Lee was launched to Volvo’s electrical machines at a current open home occasion in San Leandro. “The Volvo staff performed a key position on this choice by serving to us assess how the DD25 Electrical would meet our particular operational wants and sustainability targets whereas working inside our funds,” he mentioned.
“After discussing the options and advantages of the DD25 Electrical plus the upcoming Clear Off-Highway Tools (CORE) Voucher Incentive program, Ben was very , and I knew it could be an excellent match,” mentioned Scott Nadell, a Authorities Gross sales Rep at Volvo Building Tools and Providers. “This mannequin is nice for the light-duty purposes like patch rolling and smaller paving jobs they do.”
Lee and Nadell mentioned how a CORE voucher might subsidize the acquisition, and had the mandatory documentation able to submit as quickly because the voucher program opened. “Fortuitously, they have been accepted 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!” mentioned Nadell.
Yolo County’s DD25 Electrical compactor might want to cost no quite a lot of overnights per week utilizing an current Stage 2 AC charger at their fleet facility. The machine will usually function for 3 to 4 hours a day, and the cost is predicted to final for not less than 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 nicely, so we wouldn’t should deliver the machine again to the yard every evening throughout a long-term undertaking,” mentioned Lee.
Not like legacy diesel tools, electrical machines don’t idle, so power saved within the battery is simply consumed when work is being accomplished. In comparison with a diesel, the DD25 Electrical presents simplified upkeep, it’s quieter, and its smoother trip 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 power—30% greater than the diesel mannequin. The drum frequency could be adjusted from 3,500 vpm (55 Hz) to 4,000 vpm (67 Hz) to handle completely different purposes.
Supply: Volvo Building Tools
