https://electrek.co/2019/08/12/daimler-freightliner-ecascadia-electric-semi-trucks-deliveries/
[If you have a Class 7 or 8 truck fleet, it's time to start thinking
about keeping expiring stock running an extra year or two and making the
shift to hybrid (for urban short haul missions with frequent stops -
like garbage trucks) or electric semis on routes where fast charging
will be available for long-haul routes. While the prototypes from
Daimler, Freightline, Nikola, Thor and others are interesting, Tesla
likely has a powerful edge in their ever-expanding proprietary charging
network. If you want to fast charge one of the other brands, where are
the charging stations? This may relegate the other Class 7 & 8 trucks
to short-haul duty, at least until their charging infrastructure is
established and proved to work robustly and quickly.
PR video in online article]
Daimler starts first Freightliner eCascadia all-electric semi truck
deliveries
Fred Lambert
- Aug. 12th 2019
Freightliner, Daimler Trucks North America’s semi truck brand, announced
that it built its first two eCascadia all-electric semi trucks and it is
going to start deliveries to customers.
Daimler, one of the world’s largest truck makers, has been feeling the
pressure from Tesla’s electric truck — going as far as saying that if
the claims Tesla is making about its electric semi truck are true, they
are breaking the laws of physics.
The German truck manufacturer answered back with the launch of its own
electric truck group along with the unveiling of two more electric
trucks, including an electric version of their Cascadia to compete with
Tesla Semi.
While it competes with the Tesla Semi in size and capacity, it still has
a limited range compared to the Tesla Semi: 250 miles vs. 500 miles.
Daimler said that it would deliver a fleet of eCascadia electric trucks
to partners by end of 2018 — beating Tesla’s 2019 target.
However, both Daimler’s and Tesla’s electric semi truck programs have
been delayed. In Tesla’s case, the company plans to bring the ‘Tesla
Semi’ to production in “late 2020”.
Today, Daimler announced that it has “built the first two Class 8
battery-electric Freightliner eCascadias for customers at its research
and development center in Portland.”
The electric trucks are going to be part of Freightliner’s “Electric
Innovation Fleet and built to test the integration of battery-electric
trucks in to large-scale fleet operations.”
Roger Nielsen, president and CEO of DTNA, commented on the announcement:
“This milestone in electric is important as both today and
tomorrow’s technology is progressing. Our purpose is resolute – we build
for our customers. Our team is incredibly proud to be leading the way
for the industry, but prouder still to be working with our customers in
a process of co-creation to make real electric trucks for real work in
the real world.”
When launching the Freightliner eCascadia, the company described it as a
class 8 truck with a range of up to 250 miles:
“The Freightliner eCascadia is based on the Cascadia, the most
successful heavy-duty long-distance truck (class 8) in the North
American market. 730 hp is almost silently generated under the
characteristically long, U.S.-style hood. At 550 kWh, its batteries
provide enough energy for a range of up to 400 km (250 miles), and can
be recharged to around 80 percent within 90 minutes to cover a further
320 km (200 miles).”
Penske Truck Leasing of Reading, Pennsylvania and NFI of Camden, New
Jersey are going to be the first two companies to take delivery of the
eCascadia.
As part of the Electric Innovation Fleet, they will test the
all-electric trucks as part of their normal operations.
After the test program, Daimler plans to bring the eCascadia to volume
production in 2021.
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