After effectively a couple of million-miles (1.6 million kilometers) of testing in each day buyer operations, Daimler Truck and its US Freightliner model just lately unveiled the all-electric eCascadia that may enter collection manufacturing in 2022. Constructed on the best-selling heavy-duty truck platform in North America, the brand new battery-electric Freightliner eCascadia supplies clients with a zero-emission model of the industry-leading Cascadia.
Buyer deliveries are anticipated to start in 2022, bringing Daimler Truck and their US clients one step additional in direction of CO2-neutral transportation.
Since 2018, Freightliner has deployed vehicles with clients to run freight in the actual world overlaying a large breadth of functions together with native supply, meals distribution, and parcel supply. Comprising greater than 40 battery electrical Freightliner eCascadias and eM2s, the Freightliner Electrical Innovation and Buyer Expertise (CX) Fleets have reworked the testing course of by placing vehicles into the arms of just about 50 clients, together with main US fleets similar to Penske Truck Leasing, NFI, Knight-Swift, Schneider, Ryder, J.B. Hunt and others.
Together with intensive improvement and rigorous testing via a number of prototypes, this resulted in a strong and environment friendly battery electrical truck with a number of battery and drive axle choices, offering a typical vary of 230 miles or 370 km (relying on automobile configurations). The eCascadia is fitted to short-haul routes that enable for depot-based charging, examples of which embody final mile logistics, native and regional distribution, and warehouse-to-warehouse functions.
Throughout the context of its international platform technique, Daimler Truck is deploying a globally uniform primary structure for all-electric vehicles: the ePowertrain. After the introduction of the Mercedes-Benz eActros final yr and the Mercedes-Benz eEconic later this yr, the Freightliner eCascadia is the subsequent product to characteristic the in-house developed ePowertrain in reference to Daimler Truck North America’s Detroit model.
The eCascadia is pushed by an eAxle built-in with an electrical motor, transmission and specialised electronics inside a compact unit. It’s out there with a twin motor (470 hp) or a single motor (320 hp). Clients can selected between three battery choices for a variety of sizes and common, zero-to-full charging occasions beginning with 194 kWh (one and a half to a few hours), 291 kWh (two to 4 hours), and 438 kWh (two to 6 hours).
