BYD Motors, the U.S division of the Chinese automaker BYD Co Ltd, launched a new fully-electric refuse truck in U.S on Thursday. The new truck was manufactured in collaboration with Wayne Engineering, a US-based waste management equipment company.

BYD Motors launched the truck at Phoenix, Arizona, claiming that the 3.9-metric-ton truck with its fuel efficiency and fewer moving parts will prove to be a big boon for private haulers and municipal fleets. It would reportedly cut their operating cost by close to 58 percent.

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The company said that the new truck can achieve 100 miles (160.9 kilometers) of charge in 2.5 hours. It claims that this is the first electric refuse truck to run 100 miles of range on a single charge and hence can easily cover larger distances.

Additionally, the company claims that new electric refuse truck will emit zero tailpipe emissions and help immensely in reducing noise pollution across the neighborhood.

Describing it as a groundbreaking model in waste management, Stella Li, president of BYD Motors said, "This new truck is the chance to finally make cleaning our neighborhoods a clean prospect in and of itself."  

She claims that only 10 percent of refuse trucks in the U.S. operate on alternative fuel, emitting harmful diesel fumes such as PM2.5 from CNG (compressed natural gas) engines and causing immense air pollution across the neighborhood.

Several refuse trucks are especially poor on greenhouse gas emissions and invariably compromise the health of people around them, BYD Motors President added. 

Refuse trucks are considered the best heavy-duty vehicles to run on electricity as the routes are pre-determined and short.  

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