Santa Cruz, Calif., Gets First Electric Garbage Truck : comp

The new garbage collector, which costs around $600,000, has a 290 kWh total battery capacity that allows it to hold a charge for about eight hours. The new collector is expected to save around $20,000 in annual fuel costs.

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