Mercedes Urban eTruck
The parent company of Mercedes revealed
today the Urban eTruck along with their plans to launch an all-electric heavy
truck five years from now.
The Mercedes prototype is based on a
heavy-duty three-axle distribution truck, but with a totally revised
drivetrain.
The conventional components have been
replaced by an electrically driven rear axle with a pair of electric motors
mounted directly to the wheel hubs. Maximum power is set at 335 hp with peak torque at 1000 Nm.
The battery pack consists of three
modules of lithium-ion batteries with a total capacity of 212 kWh, giving the
Urban eTruck a driving range of up to 200 km, enough for a typical
day’s delivery round. Thanks to the modularity of the battery pack, Mercedes
will be able to add or remove batteries depending on the desired driving range.
The Urban eTruck can be connected to a
charger using the Europe-wide standardized Combined Charging System (CCS) Type
2 connector. Thanks to the 100kW charging power, the batteries can be fully
charged from empty in two to three hours.
A proper production version is estimated
for launch by the start of the next decade, offering a payload as much as 26
metric tons.
At the same time, the company announced
that the Fuso Canter E-Cell electric light-truck has completed successfully
fleet trials in Portugal and Germany and it’s almost ready to enter regular
production under the Fuso eCanter nameplate.
Thanks to its 48 kWh battery packs
mounted on the left and right sides of the frame, the Fuso Canter E-Cell offers
over 100 km of driving range. Power comes from a 147 hp electric motor with 650 Nm of peak torque. Using the same
standardized connector with the Urban eTruck, the electric Fuso can be
fast-charged to 80 per cent of its total battery capacity in just one hour.
