Mercedes-Benz: an electric truck

Against the background of constant excitement associated with new ideas Elon Musk, Faraday Future or newly made by Nicola suprekompanii, all somehow forget about the classics. The idea of ​​an electric truck and a bus, which is so in the dream of the Tesla, is practically implemented.


This problem was solved in the Mercedes-Benz, whose cargo division of time working on the electrification of the entire tonnage of the park. At the outlet turned a chassis that can be the basis for a new urban transport. Almost ready for the production truck was named Mercedes Urban eTruck.



Already from the name it becomes clear that it was built in the Mercedes bowels. This chassis, designed schamenit all urban commercial transport. Since the delivery of products in stores and finishing garbage disposal. Without noise, odors and emissions.



Why now? So afraid of competition? Not at all. Just now, as they say people in the Mercedes, the new battery manufacturing technology has made electric trucks cost-effective in production.

The finished product looks like a regular truck. The difference - in detail. First of all, the power plant. It is two electric motors, leading rear axle, located near the wheels symmetrically. They produce 335 hp power and 1,000 Nm of torque. The system is equipped with a brake energy regeneration module.



Feed motors of lithium-ion batteries that are assembled in three modules with total capacity of 212 kW / h. This is enough to overcome 200 kilometers. Mercedes claims that this is quite enough to work day in the city. But if tedious greater range, can easily add another battery pack.



Charging the entire system in 2-3 hours from a high-voltage network, but the charging speed is also regulated.

While there is no start date of production eTruck, but in Europe are already experiencing an electric truck Fuso Canter E-Cell, and that the separation of Daimler. While car shows mileage of 100 kilometers. But it is. And there is still a Daimler Freightliner and Western Star division. So the problem of electric trucks is almost solved. In any case, light-duty.