Straus Family Creamery launches first full-scale electric truck powered by cow manure
Albert Straus and a local mechanic spent 8 years developing a 33,000-pound International Harvester truck to use as a feed truck on the farm.
California dairy farmer Albert Straus launched what is said to be the first full-scale electric truck powered by cow waste.
Straus, along with a local mechanic, spent 8 years developing a 33,000-pound International Harvester truck to use as a feed truck on the farm. The truck measures, mixes and hauls feed before dropping it into the trough for the farm’s nearly 300 organic dairy cows. Its motor is charged from electrical power generated from methane gas produced by the cows’ own waste, making it an environmentally-friendly alternative to diesel-fueled trucks. Ultimately, Straus is working toward getting the farm entirely off fossil fuels.