Daimler showed innovative electric truck

The company plans to establish a market for large electronic machines.

Daimler AG introduced a light electric truck Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter with a range 97-129 km on a single charge. Small electric truck will reduce the traffic on the streets of new York city and make the air cleaner metropolis.

FUSO has long been present in the market of small trucks with their Fuso Canter is similar to the Russian “Gazelle” and Hyundai, which are most often encountered on the streets of Moscow. Since July 2010 this car is available in Russian enterprise “KAMAZ” in a joint venture “FUSO KAMAZ TRUCK RUS”. Now he is even an electric version. While Daimler delivers eCanter several NGOs for tests but the first commercial customer was the postal service, United Parcel Service (UPS).

According to Executive Director Mark Llistosella FUSO, Daimler is ahead of the competition, so it eCanter will be the first mass electric truck. In 2017-2018, the company plans to supply 500 cars, and in 2019 — 10 thousand.

In addition to the sale, Daimler offers a two-year lease of a new electric truck for $1000 per month. Three cars have already taken lease UPS, as well as municipalities in Portugal and Japan. This is preferable to the sale, said Llistosella, as the company sees a big advantage for the customers constant upgrades of the battery, which reduces costs.

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