Despite the nay sayers (and I include myself) a truck recharging station is being built at Wilton south of Sydney to cater for large electric trucks on the 900km Sydney to Melbourne route.
Amazingly they are quicker on the route than diesel trucks:
The average highway speed for diesel-powered trucks travelling this route is 85km/h, while the Windrose electric truck managed an average speed of 98km/h, because of its ability to keep speed up hills – much to the surprise of diesel truck drivers who watched it fly past.
Looks like the extra “Slow Vehicle Lane” on hills on the Hume will be a thing of the past.
It was on the radio this morning that it was nearly ready but I can only find this article