Rear electric loader for electric refuse vehicle

A refuse vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• a body assembly coupled to the chassis and defining a refuse compartment configured to store refuse material;
• an ejector mechanism selectively actuatable to move an ejector between a refuse receiving position and an ejecting position;
• a tailgate moveable between an opened position and a closed position, the tailgate comprising:
• a refuse receiving portion configured to receive refuse material;
• and
• a thresher assembly actuatable to compact the refuse material received by the refuse receiving portion into the refuse compartment, the thresher assembly including a compaction thresher comprising a plurality of tines and a plurality of tine springs configured to bias the plurality of tines in a direction of compaction, wherein the plurality of tine springs are each disposed around a corresponding tine of the plurality of tines;
• and
• an electrically driven actuation mechanism configured to selectively actuate at least one of the ejector mechanism or the tailgate.

A refuse vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• a body assembly coupled to the chassis and defining a refuse compartment configured to store refuse material;
• and
• a tailgate moveable between an opened position and a closed position, the tailgate comprising:
• a refuse receiving portion configured to receive refuse material;
• a tailgate compaction assembly selectively actuatable to compact the refuse material received by the refuse receiving portion into the refuse compartment, wherein the tailgate compaction assembly is a thresher assembly including a compaction thresher comprising a plurality of tines and a plurality of tine springs configured to bias the plurality of tines in a direction of compaction, wherein the plurality of tine springs are each disposed around a corresponding tine of the plurality of tines;
• and
• a tailgate lifting mechanism comprising an electric actuator that is selectively actuatable to move the tailgate between the opened position and the closed position.