Daimler intends to make all its electric trucks and buses worldwide.
They will be developed in a global unit of the electric vehicle E-Mobility Group.
Daimler firmly believe that electric cars are the future. Therefore, the German auto giant is planning in the coming years to invest heavily in their development and production. In addition to passenger cars, electric will all the trucks and the Daimler buses. While they will still be versions of conventional internal combustion engines.
Be created they will be unit E-Mobility Group. This means that many of them will have the same platform and components. This is done in order to reduce the cost of development and production.
Already in 2021 will be an electric tractor Freightliner eCascadia. It is a long distance truck. It will have two electric motors with a total capacity of 730 HP On a single battery charge it can travel about 400 km. Charging the battery to 80% takes 1.5 hours.
At about this time buyers will be offered and electric Freightliner truck eM2. His task is to deliver cargoes around the city. The power plant will consist of two electric motors with a total capacity of 480 HP On a single battery charge it can travel about 370 km. Charging the battery to 80% takes 1 hour.
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