Mercedes-Benz Unveil All-Electric 26T Heavy-Duty Urban Etruck

Daimler Trucks presented the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck inwards Stuttgart today, every bit the initiatory of all fully electrical truck amongst an admissible amount weight of upwards to 26 tonnes. This agency that inwards the future, heavy trucks volition select business office inwards urban distribution operations amongst zippo local emissions in addition to hardly a whisper.

The marketplace launch of this technology scientific discipline is conceivable for Daimler Trucks at the kickoff of the following decade. In the low-cal distribution sector, Daimler Trucks has already been impressively demonstrating the day-to-day suitability of the fully electrical truck inwards client trials amongst the Fuso Canter E-Cell since 2014. The evolution of electrical trucks in addition to serial production maturity are fixed parts of the strategy of Daimler Trucks to make on our technological leadership. For this role a considerable business office of the futurity investments past times the truck segmentation inwards the fields of interrogation in addition to evolution flow inwards the farther evolution of the amount electrical drive.

"Electric drive systems previously alone saw extremely express occupation inwards trucks. Nowadays costs, performance in addition to charging times develop farther in addition to thus speedily that straightaway at that spot is a tendency reversal inwards the distribution sector: the fourth dimension is ripe for the electrical truck. In low-cal distribution trucks, our Fuso Canter E-Cell has already been undergoing intensive client trials since 2014. And amongst the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck, nosotros are straightaway electrifying the heavy distribution segment upwards to 26 tonnes. We intend to found electrical driving every bit systematically every bit autonomous in addition to connected driving," says medico Wolfgang Bernhard, responsible for Daimler Trucks & Buses at the Board of Management.

Growing urbanisation requires fully electrical trucks

Better air quality, lower racket in addition to restricted-access zones are straightaway of import keywords inwards large metropolises worldwide, because to a greater extent than in addition to to a greater extent than people worldwide are moving to cities. 2008 was the initiatory of all yr inwards which to a greater extent than people lived inwards cities than inwards the countryside. The tendency is continuing: The United Nations predicts a global population of ix billion people past times 2050, amongst some lxx per centum of them living inwards cities. In future, it volition endure necessary to carry goods inwards urban environments for increasing numbers of people – in addition to amongst the lowest possible emissions in addition to noise. By straightaway large cities such every bit London or Paris are considering a ban on internal combustion engines inwards urban heart in addition to individual centres inwards the future. That means: at that spot volition endure fully electrical trucks ensuring the provide of humas amongst nutrient or other goods of daily needs.

Fast enhancement of battery capacity piece significantly lower costs

Until quite recently, the occupation of fully electrical drives systems inwards trucks seemed to endure unimaginable – particularly because of the high costs of the batteries coupled amongst a depression range. The technology scientific discipline has straightaway run much to a greater extent than mature. In detail battery cells speedily developing further. Daimler Trucks expects the costs of batteries to lower past times the ingredient 2.5 betwixt 1997 in addition to 2025 – from 500 Euro/kWh downwards to 200 Euro/kWh. At the same time, performance volition amend past times the same ingredient over the same flow – from lxxx Wh/kg upwards to 200 Wh/kg.

Stefan Buchner, Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks: "With the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck, nosotros are underlining our intention to systematically developing the electrical drive inwards trucks to serial production maturity. This agency that nosotros volition start to integrate customers, in addition to thus every bit to gain valuable articulation sense amongst abide by to the operating ranges in addition to the charging infrastructure inwards daily carry operations. Because nosotros recollect the entry of this technology scientific discipline into the serial production is already conceivable at the kickoff of the following decade."

Innovative battery technology scientific discipline for Urban e Truck

Technically the Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck is based on a heavy-duty, three-axle short-radius Mercedes-Benz distribution truck. In addition, however, the developers at Daimler Trucks remove maintain totally revised the drive concept: The entire conventional drivetrain beingness replaced past times a novel electrically driven parent axle amongst electrical motors direct side past times side to the cycle hubs – derived from the electrical parent axle which was developed for the Mercedes-Benz Citaro hybrid bus. The mightiness is supplied past times a battery pack consisting of iii lithium-ion battery modules. This results inwards a gain of upwards to 200 km – plenty for a typical daily delivery tour. Thanks to the integrated concept amongst motors side past times side to the cycle hubs, the batteries are housed inwards a crash-proof location within the frame.

As the European Union Commission is inwards favour of increasing the permissible gross vehicle weight of trucks amongst option drives past times upwards to i tonne, this volition to a greater extent than or less grade out the weight surplus of the electrical drive. This volition bring upwards the permissible gross vehicle weight of the Urban e Truck from 25 to 26 tonnes, which volition select the master extra weight downwards to 700 kg compared amongst a direct comparable IC-engined truck.

Fuso Canter E-Cell: all-electric drive inwards client functioning since 2014

Where light-duty trucks are concerned, all-electric drive is already a reality. This is demonstrated past times the Fuso Canter E-Cell. Fuso already presented the initiatory of all generation of the fully electrically powered Canter inwards 2010. In 2014 this was followed past times the minute generation, which proved its worth inwards the initiatory of all fleet trials inwards Portugal. With ranges of over 100 kilometres, the vehicles exceeded the average daily distance covered past times many trucks inwards light-duty short-radius distribution. Under widely varying operating conditions, the trucks covered to a greater extent than than 50,000 km within i year. In the procedure the vehicless were locally emission-free and, taking mightiness generation into account, reduced CO2 emissions past times 37 per centum compared to diesel fuel engines. The operating costs were 64 per centum lower on average.

Marc Llistosella, Head of Daimler Trucks Asia in addition to President & CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso Trucks in addition to Bus Cooperation (MFTBC): "The electrical flow generation Canter E-Cell offers our customers carry services which are non alone environment-friendly, simply likewise economical. Our examination inwards Lisbon revealed respectable savings of about M euros per 10,000 kilometres inwards comparing to diesel fuel trucks."

"We at Fuso remove maintain straightaway acquired extensive sense inwards the evolution of local emission-free commercial vehicles und nosotros volition consequently pursue this evolution likewise inwards future. At the Commercial Vehicles present IAA inwards September, volition testament select a footstep farther towards serial production amongst our following generation nether the novel name: Fuso eCanter," continues Llistosella.

Current fleet trials amongst the Fuso Canter E-Cell inwards Germany

Since Apr 2016 the urban heart in addition to individual of Stuttgart in addition to the packet service provider Hermes are testing 5 Fuso Cater E-Cell inwards Germany. Especially the using inwards the topographically really demanding surround inwards urban Stuttgart provides of import insights for Daimler Trucks from the client functioning amongst regard to the farther evolution of the fully electrical drive. First results from this client case are expected at the kickoff of 2017.

Dirk Rahn, Managing Director Operations at Hermes Deutschland underlined during the today's event: "We are really proud of our successful cooperation amongst Daimler inwards the evolution of relevant futurity technologies for many years. Also regarding the electrical flow project, nosotros accepted amongst pleasance the innovation of Daimler to actively back upwards the testing of the Fuso Canter E-Cell out of our logistical everyday life. Thereby, the results of our examination run are extremely positive! With regard to the growing requirements inwards urban heart in addition to individual logistics nosotros are straightaway looking forwards to examination farther vehicle classes in addition to to select them to marketplace maturity soon. Our mutual goal: making e-mobility to a greater extent than economical."