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Excellent, detail rich article about what to expect from electric trucks in 2024. “Among the most promising (new models) are the eActros 600 from Mercedes-Benz Trucks, expected to offer 310 miles on a single charge. A conventionally styled Freightliner eCascadia will follow production for the second-generation eCascadia. Single-charge driving range improved from 150 miles to 230 miles. Volvo Trucks North America advertises a range of 275 miles for the VNR Electric with six battery packs instead of four.” Peterbilt Motors Company and Kenworth Truck Co. will benefit from a new DAF Trucks NV entry in Europe offering 310 miles on a single charge.” Infrastructure is also a huge hurdle, but millions of dollars in new projects should come online in 2024 from companies like WattEV, Inc. Change is happening fast, and despite the delay in drayage fleet enforcement from CARB, electrification is going to happen. #StopBurningStuff

DAIMLER TRUCKS TO PARTNER WITH TOYOTA ON GREEN EMISSIONS AFTER DISPUTE WITH BRIDGESTONE OVER TIRES PEELING APART- German truck maker Daimler Trucks (DTNA) -- the maker of the Freightliner brand -- and Toyota have announced that they will partner on new technologies, including using hydrogen fuel, to help fight climate change. The companies said Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp., whose top stakeholder is Daimler Truck, and Hino Motors, the truck maker in the Toyota group, will merge. Daimler Truck and Toyota Motor Corp. will equally invest in the holding company of the Mitsubishi-Hino merger, they said without giving a dollar amount for the deal. The companies plan to cooperate in reducing carbon emissions and developing other technologies such as autonomous driving, net-connected services and electric vehicles. In 2020-2021, DTNA and Bridgestone (Firestone) squared off over bad tires that had to be recalled on certain Freightliner trucks in North America. DTNA claimed the tires were peeling apart much like the infamous Ford Explorer tires, while Bridgestone claimed the tires were fine, but the trucks emissions technology design was causing the tires to fail. DTNA scoffed at Bridgestone's excuse and ordered a recall to replace the tires. Bridgestone, much as it did with Ford Motor Company, continues to blame the tire problem on the trucks rather than poor design. Stay tuned. This fight is about to get good ... https://lnkd.in/gTPUHgAG

Businesses & consumers have several good reasons and lots of good options for switching from gas powered pickup trucks to electric #pickuptrucks. Here is a comparison of the best electric pickup trucks available today & coming soon. https://bit.ly/3O1pLzq #trucks #evs

Fleets in California can now apply for a base voucher of $60,000 for each Daimler Truck AG's RIZON Truck vehicle they purchase. As a push towards a greener environment, this move promotes the adoption of electric trucks by making them financially much more attractive! The Hybrid and Zero-Emmission Truck and Bus Vouchers will significantly decrease the total ownership cost for RIZON’s electric truck making it easier for fleets in CA to transition to electric and align with California’s Advanced Clean Fleet Rule. https://lnkd.in/euCkpRXr

Businesses & consumers have several good reasons and lots of good options for switching from gas powered pickup trucks to electric #pickuptrucks. Here is a comparison of the best electric pickup trucks available today & coming soon. https://bit.ly/3O1pLzq #trucks #evs

🚛 Mercedes-Benz Trucks is going full BEV with its new eActros 600 🚀 Mercedes-Benz makes a stunning entry into the heavy-duty BEV trucks market, revealing the series version of its eActros 600. 500-kms range (with a 40t towing weight) delivered by a 600-kWh bundle of battery packs, up to 22t of payload with standard trailers, 20-80% charging in 30 minutes (with Megawatt Charging Stations, so we’ll have to wait a bit more for this performance), Level-2 ADAS system, connected services and an overall 80% reduction in CO2 emissions over its lifespan. 🦾 Visually, Daimler Trucks is bringing a modern touch to its trucks, while keeping the lineage of its predecessors. It’s indeed less radical than the Tesla Semi. Anyway, it’s a huge milestone for Daimler Trucks and more widely for the heavy-duty trucks industry. Orders will open later this year with deliveries planned for the end of 2024. 🗞️ This extract is part of last friday's Mobility Brief, subscribe now so you don't miss a thing! #automotive #truck #BEV

Class 8 trucks drive 60,000 miles/year with 6 miles/gallon, compared to a passenger car that drives 12,000 miles/year with 24 miles/gallon The need of the hour on Electrification and sustainable transportation is on these long haul trucks. Good to see the technology catching up to solve this high value problem. (solutions in battery and charging infra evolving every day) https://lnkd.in/e3Cabtv6