Daimler is now looking to put some pressure on
Volkswagen's Truck and Bus division by launching a brand new product brand
called Mitsubishi Fuso Truck. Dedicated exclusively to zero-emission trucks and
buses, the new brand arrived at the 2017 Tokyo Motor Show with a new concept
vehicle called E-Fuso Vision One.
It's an all-electric heavy-duty truck that has a
gross weight of about 23 tons, and can carry a payload of
approximately 11 tons, which puts it just 2 tons short
of its diesel counterpart.
The E-Fuso Vision One is aimed at regional
intra-city distribution, and can be fitted with batteries up to 300kWh, which
provide it with a total range of up to 350 km. The manufacturer has
high hopes when it comes to their concept truck, as it could hit the assembly
lines within four years in markets such as Japan, Europe, and the United
States, thanks to the efforts put in the electrification of road transport.
Along with the E-Fuso Vision One, Daimler also
has the eCanter on display, a production zero-emission light-duty truck that
was recently presented in New York. The vehicle weighs 7.5 tons and
can travel between 100 and 120 km on a single charge. The first
units of the eCanter were already handed over to Japan customers such as
Seven-Eleven and Yamato, while in the US, it's used by UPS, and several NGOs.
