First fully electric garbage truck in Arctic Norway
“It’s more expensive to buy this car, but it’s much cheaper to drive”, recycling point manager says.
“I have been driving trucks since 1989”, – the truck driver Jan-Tore Ananiassen tells the Barents Observer, – “There used to be a lot of car exhaust fumes in 1989. There used to be a lot of noise. But this electric one is progress now, no doubt about that. It is also very quiet and peaceful”.
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The fully electric truck by the Swedish brand Scania weighs about 20 tons, is equipped with 4 batteries, and can drive up to 210 km in one go. The local recycling company Masternes in the town of Vadsø purchased the truck a couple of weeks ago.
The driver Jan-Tore says that by the end of the working shift, he usually uses about 50% of the car’s battery charge.
The general manager of the recycling station in Vadsø, Hans Henrik Kristiansen, hopes to get more of the EVs as the other 24 trucks in his company are still operating on diesel:
“We want to be part of the green shift, we think about the environment. We want to have zero emissions from driving”, he told the Barents Observer. “It’s about 200,000 NOK (€17, 300) cheaper to drive this electric truck than a diesel one.”
In 2024, 9 out of 10 new cars sold in Norway were fully electric, with the country on course to be the first to completely remove petrol and diesel engine cars from the new car market.
As Norway is focused on reducing CO2 emissions, the “green shift” is seen as part of the national strategy.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Study forecasts challenges of electric vehicle chargers on northern power grids, CBC News
Finland: Cold weather perfect to pioneer electric aviation says Finnair, The Independent Barents Observer
Norway: Arctic Norwegian city gets world’s northernmost electric post truck, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Mining boost in Russian central Arctic to feed electric vehicle market, The Independent Barents Observer
Sweden: Giant battery factory bringing economic boom to Northern Swedish city, Radio Sweden
United States: Alaska’s first, electric public transit bus ready to hit Anchorage streets, Alaska Public Media
