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ATHENS – As anyone who lives in Athens or Thessaloniki can tell you, one of the pet peeves is being awakened in early morning hours by noisy garbage trucks picking up dumpsters and the cacophony that goes with it.
That noisy process will be getting quieter as the two cities are due to get almost 90 new electric garbage trucks from Mitsubishi Fuso, which is owned by Germany’s Daimler corporation that specializes in the vehicles.
“Thanks to its compact dimensions and high chassis load capacity, the electric Next Generation eCanter is ideal for waste disposal companies that drive on narrow roads,” Florian Schulz, Head of Sales, Marketing and Customer Services.
He told the site Electrek that, “The vehicle is locally emission-free and quiet, so that garbage can be emptied early in the morning in densely populated areas. This makes it particularly suitable for municipal applications.”
That will bring welcome relief to people trying to sleep because garbage pickup in cities, usually before dawn is about to break, is raucous indeed, even with windows closed, sleep interrupted by clanging and grinding.
The report said that the Greek body manufacturer KAOUSSIS has put a lot of development work into the upfit body to quiet the hydraulic and compaction actions that bring the noise.
The company is calling its refuse body “the first of its kind,” creating a market advantage for the electric eCanter while meeting all EU technical regulations for operating waste disposal vehicles with standing personnel.
The hydraulic system employs proportional, electro-hydraulically operated directional valves that operate at a maximum pressure of 180 bar. KAOUSSIS said it’s specially designed for EVs, and is compatible with garbage bins between 80 and 390 liters (0.02-0.13 tons) which are large loads.
“We have had a very close cooperation with KAOUSSIS for over 30 years,” said Antonios Evangeloulis, Director of Sales & Marketing of the Greek importer & General Agent for Daimler truck products and services Star Automotive Hellas.
All the necessary tools, safety measures, technicians, training and certifications are in place and we are able to offer excellent after-sales support for these vehicles. Overall, it was an exciting project that we were able to realize together, he said.
Some 40 of the new electric refuse trucks are expected to be deployed by the end of November, with the balance expected to be delivered over the course of 2025, also reducing carbon emissions in the cities.
