Norwegian snowplowers remain sceptical about the road authorities desire to introduce electric snowplowing trucks, despite positive testing results last winter.

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Norwegian road authorities, Statens Vegvesen, wants snowplowing to be done with BEV trucks. Testing by relevant companies on the famous Hardangervidda (National Geographic's "Ice Road Rescue" has many seasons about this road) yielded positive results and the companies themselves are positive, too.

Drivers, though, retain that charging times would be too long and new vehicles and infrastructure too pricey. The tech needs to be "proven" first. It's the same arguments as always, just in their own niche.

The tested trucks have some wild specs: Scania 45 R with 624 kWh batteries, 468 kWh of them usable. In snowplow use, that yields a mere 208 km range, which is absolutely bonkers, but also understandable. Charging up to 375 kW, so at 300 kW average, that means 10-100% takes about 80 minutes – pretty quick, honestly. This monster also has 3500 Nm torque and can regen with peaks up to 600 kW.