Cool 😎

They're rechargeable.

@@dbyers3897 Not for ever, they will eventually break sometime

By the time you need to replace the batteries. You just buy a new truck. Fire trucks don’t make that many miles per year (average lower then 5000 miles per year)

@@MrJimheeren that's also true

For some context/comparison, the BMW i3 was in production for about a decade from 2023-2022. Many units are now over 10 years old, with well over 100,000 miles on them. All i3’s had a 10 year battery warranty specifying full replacement if the capacity dropped below 70%. Only a handful have ever seen that happen, with marginally more having individual cells replaced out of a full pack due to premature aging. Lithium Ion batteries are VERY reliable, especially if you properly manage capacity so they aren’t ever discharged below 10% of actual capacity or over 80-90% actual capacity. Most BMS’ do this automatically, so “100%” is really ~85% and so on. I’d be surprised if the RTX isn’t the same, and expect they’d last well over a decade. The reality, too, is that electric motors last FAR longer than diesel engines: electric trains in subway service, for example, easy last 30-50 years with a mid life overhaul and a far harder duty cycle. I could easily see these engines getting similar re-fits to replace batteries and interior fittings for ~50% the cost of a new engine, saving departments a LOT over their life.

ist halt in den USA nicht so üblich

@@randomxser aber genau deswegen 😊

@@Andy-ST hat aber auch keinen Richtigen Nutzen, die Amerikaner haben schon genug verschiedene Sirenen

@@randomxser du magst recht haben , nur ich habe da so ein anderer Gedanke, Heimat liebe denn die sind ja Österreicher

@@Andy-ST Ist aber für den Amerikanischen Markt, oder?

It would be really nice to see the comparison of yearly use in a busy city between this and a comparable diesel engine and see how much fuel and money does it save. Add a battery change in 10 years and check what is actually cheaper in the long run.

Why did we ever replace horses?

steam engines will never replace hand pumps

I want to see the first electric engine on a brush fire strike team

@@paulmatakovich9096 good thing they are structure engines not designed for that... Im down for electric fire apparatus, just not whatever this is.

Not fully electric, it has a diesel engine backup

The only Reason you call em Garbage is because it's not "Made in USA" kinda a shit Opinion to have. But then again you have no Idea what you are talking about nor do you have any meaningful impact anywhere.

euro trucks are not garbage

@@randomxser we don't need them in the USA

Guess, americans are afraid of competition

@solarissv777 no that's not the case at all. This is US we don't need European fire trucks in American fire departments