The clever way food trucks are now using e-bike batteries

https://electrek.co/2026/01/25/the-clever-way-food-trucks-are-now-using-e-bike-batteries/

by jerlam • 6 months ago

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jgalt2122• 6 months ago

replacing small gasoline generators with silent, emissions-free electricity.

I know more and more electricity these days is produced by green sources, but the statement above which I read often, is never strictly true.

melling• 6 months ago

Where are the emissions generated? Far away from the population of millions.

duskwuff• 6 months ago

And much more cleanly/efficiently than a small gasoline-powered generator, regardless of the energy source.

Arnt2• 6 months ago

When I had a job at a power plant near where I live, one of the engineers there pointed at the big chimneys and said (I translate:) "what comes out of those chimneys is cleaner than the air around us". They filter out everything except CO₂ with good efficiency and have big, heavy, expensive machinery and engineers onside 24/7 to monitor that it works.

A 5kg motor, optimised for portability, isn't going to be like that.

jgalt2122• 6 months ago

CO2 is the problem, and it still remains, even in your best case scenario.

wodenokoto• 6 months ago

Hotdog stands and mobile fish mongers selling fresh fish outside supermarkets are all hooked up to main power in Denmark.

I’m surprised that a wagon that sits in the same place every day in New York can’t get a line of power. Surely the food vendors must be paying rent and permits for the spot, so it’s not like anybody is surprised that a power outlet is needed.

jerlam• 6 months ago

They probably don't pay rent for the spot. The point of a food truck is that it's technically just a vehicle, and vehicles are allowed to move and park whenever there is parking. I'm sure there are rules about how long a vehicle can stay in one location and other restrictions, and there are fights about which food truck was "there first", but I don't think they pay rent in the traditional sense in public areas.

The clever way food trucks are now using e-bike batteries

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