This week, Mercedes-Benz Trucks introduced the Mercedes-Benz eActros. An initial test fleet of 10 trucks will be deployed with customers in Europe in a few weeks. Mercedes plans to begin full-scale production of the eActros in 2021.
In addition to the usual diesel- and gasoline-powered models, the truck and carmaker Daimler revealed an all-electric Mercedes-Benz eSprinter.
Industry giant Volvo Group announced this week that it will sell electric trucks in North America; but it’s not saying when electric Volvo Trucks will appear.
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Thor has become the name of a Los Angeles-based startup that plans to bring its heavy-duty Class 8 electric truck to market before the battery-powered Tesla Semi hits the streets in late 2019.
The Tesla Semi truck promises to be the same kind of distrupter than Tesla cars have been in the light-duty market.
The Chanje V8070’s ground-up design as an electric truck for the U.S. market gives it an edge. He added that the evolving economics of this class of fleet electric vehicle should allow it to compete at “price parity” with existing diesel models because of lower operating costs.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, with Efficient Drivetrains Inc., think they may have a solution to power problems in the industry’s first plug-in hybrid Class 6 truck.
Daimler Trucks and its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus, debuted the E-Fuso Vision One electric heavy-duty truck at Tokyo Motor Show.
According to Daimler, the Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter is the world’s first series-produced all-electric medium-duty truck.