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Dennis Eagle’s eagerly anticipated all-electric refuse collection vehicle (eRCV) – the eCollect – went into service with the first customers in the last quarter of 2020.
It is the first eRCV in the world to be designed and built by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and it is totally integrated, with both the Dennis Eagle chassis and body and Terberg bin lift all originally designed to work together.
Climate change is the spectre haunting the fleet sector and all but the most dogmatic denialists have come to accept that a change in direction is needed to stave off the threat. Even if – against all the evidence – you do not believe that manmade pollution is damaging the environment, the political, economic and cultural winds have shifted to such an extent that everyone from local authorities to contractors are compelled to move to more environmentally friendly practices.
The sweeper manufacturer Scarab contends that they are ahead of the game thanks to what Andrew Farley, the branch manager of Scarab’s UK office, describes as their ‘single-engine ethos’. They argue that whilst there are other green sweeper solutions emerging, for example electric or hydrogen, for the majority of customers these aren’t a practical alternative in the short- to medium-term. It is Scarab’s belief that single-engine sweepers are the best choice for councils and contractors that wish to reduce their emissions now.
