Science & Tech · Gadgets & EVs · 6 hrs ago
Canadian company reports sharp fuel-cost savings from electric heavy equipment
Canadian company Groupe Bellemare has been testing electric heavy equipment at a working job site.
The company’s abrasives and minerals division began a three-year program with the Institut du véhicule innovant in 2024.
It operates electric wheel loaders and excavators made by LiuGong.
Bellemare says the machines used less than $54,000 worth of electricity over about 15,000 operating hours.
It estimates that comparable diesel machines would have cost about $423,000 in fuel over the same period.
That would mean fuel costs were more than 87% lower, though the figures are the company’s reported results.
The pilot program is due to run through 2028, and Bellemare plans to add more electric machines to its fleet.
Groupe Bellemare says its electric heavy equipment cost less than $54,000 to power for about 15,000 operating hours.
The Canadian company estimates diesel machines would have cost about $423,000 in fuel over the same period.
The reported figures amount to a fuel-cost reduction of more than 87%.
Bellemare is testing the equipment through a three-year program with the Institut du véhicule innovant.
The company says it plans to add more electric machines to its fleet.
- Who
- Groupe Bellemare, a Canadian company, tested the equipment with the Institut du véhicule innovant.
- What
- Bellemare reported fuel costs below $54,000 for about 15,000 operating hours, compared with an estimated $423,000 for diesel.
- When
- The program began in 2024 and is scheduled to run through 2028.
- Where
- On a functioning job site in Canada; the specific site is not stated.
- Why
- The program was set up to test and document the electric equipment’s performance.
Groupe Bellemare and Electrek
Wall Street Journal
Fuel-cost savings
Groupe Bellemare and Electrek
Bellemare says its electric equipment’s fuel costs were more than 87% lower than estimated diesel costs.
Wall Street Journal
The article says the Wall Street Journal argued electric machines “Struggle to Compete, Even With Diesel at $8 a Gallon.
Operating costs are almost nil
It’s been really eye-opening.
Groupe Bellemare’s abrasives and minerals division partnered with the Institut du véhicule innovant on a three-year equipment-testing program.
The Plug-In Fleet Heavy Equipment program is scheduled to continue.
- Electric equipment operating costs
- Less than $54,000
- Operating time
- Roughly 15,000 hours
- Estimated diesel fuel costs
- $423,000
- Reported fuel-cost reduction
- More than 87%
- Program partner
- Institut du véhicule innovant
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