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Mercedes presents world's first completely electric box delivery truck

Discussion in 'EV (Electric Vehicle) Discussion' started by iplug, Jul 28, 2016.

  1. iplug

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    Looks like Mercedes got the jump on Tesla. This is just for shorter haul stuff, but it's a start.

    • Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck enables fully electric transport for the first time ever with an admissible total weight of 26 tonnes
    • Ranges of up to 200 kilometres, load capacity comparable with diesel drive
    • Series production for urban short-radius distribution conceivable at the beginning of the next decade

    Mercedes-Benz is presenting the first fully electric truck for heavy distribution operations

     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    The only 'clean-diesel' advocates still issuing press releases are about the trucks at shipping ports. The existing inventory dates from 'the bad days' and they are advocating 'clean-diesel' as the replacement. But this truck may be just the thing:
    1. auto-driving (?) - reduce labor
    2. auto-plugging - reduce labor and keeping SOC up
    3. no shipping port emissions
    4. reduced maintenance - long life
    This could be a win-win.

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    Technically it's a big boxed truck, not a semi (even though it looks like the cab part of the semi in the video). You just slap the box on top of the ladder frame (like those removal trucks or the trucks that do local deliveries from local distribution centres to warehouses or stores).
     
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    Will take your word on it - I know little about commercial trucks. Please feel welcome to amend the title of this thread to reflect the correction you noted.
     
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    Will do.

    For anyone who needs a reference , it's based on this ICE truck called a "3-axle, short radius, distribution truck"

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    Is it large enough to move a standard shipping container?

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    Or an RV body, but a sanitation truck is more likely to happen first.

    It is for up to 26 tonnes(metric ton), so it could be outfitted as a tractor. The range (200km/124miles) just isn't conductive to long trucking, and a trailer is cumbersome for local deliveries. Then there is also the question of what would be best for the trailer brakes. Keep it pneumatic for KISS with existing trailers, or will electric be more efficient.
    I've only seen shipping containers on trailers. Even the short length ones.
     
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    i'd like to see ups and fedex put in some orders for local deliveries. i wonder how many miles a day those gals do?
     
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    The OP truck is bigger than a local UPS or FedEx one, but it sounds like Mercedes already has an EV version of that doing fleet testing already.
    "Fuso Canter E-Cell: fully electric drive of Daimler Trucks in a light distribution truck (6 tonnes) already undergoing customer trials"

    I think one or both of the delivery companies have some EV trucks. Probably converted ICE and not factory built EV though.
     
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