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MERCEDES-BENZ TRUCKS GIVES WORLD PREMIERE FOR ITS BATTERY-ELECTRIC E-ACTROS / FLYING SPUR HYBRID DETAILS DO NOT COMPROMISE ON LUXURY OR PERFORMANCE
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The e-Actros: At home on the long range AN ELECTRIC WORLD PREMIERE FOR MERCEDES-BENZ TRUCKS’ TRAILBLAZING EACTROS Mercedes-Benz Trucks has given a world premiere for its battery-electric eActros, a truck it says is suitable for heavyduty short-radius distribution. The first series-produced electric truck to bear a three-pointed star, the truck can carry up to four battery packs with its twin liquid-cooled motors powering it to a range of 400km. MercedesBenz Trucks says it is ringing in a new era and simultaneously highlighting its clear desire to achieve CO2-neutral roadbased goods transport. “We have to acknowledge that transport is a part of the problem when it comes to climate change. At the same time, we can and we will be part of the solution,” said Karin Rådström, member of the Board of Management at
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Daimler Truck AG and responsible for Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The company also revealed it is fast tracking the development of its low-floor heavy duty waste management electric truck, the eEconic. That truck will go into series production later this year, and more battery-powered models are set to follow. Rådström added: “We start with our eActros that has covered more than half a million kilometers on public roads. The eActros and its dedicated services are a big step for Mercedes-Benz Trucks and for our customers towards CO2-neutral transport.” The standard model of the eActros is planned will roll off the production line in Wörth am Rhein (Germany) from autumn
2021. The firm said that feedback from its ‘eActros innovation fleet’ programme, which saw trucks tested in real life fleets, was critical in the development of the series-production model. Alongside this, proven features such as MirrorCam and the Multimedia Cockpit Interactive have been adopted in the standard specification, said Mercedes-Benz Trucks: “The eActros is now ready to assist customers of MercedesBenz Trucks on the road to CO2-neutral transport services.” The battery of the eActros seriesproduction model is equipped with either three or four battery packs, each with an energy capacity of around 105 kWh, the firm explains in its launch notes. The maximum battery capacity of 420 kWh enables ranges of up to
400 kilometres to be achieved. Both liquid-cooled motors generate a continuous output of 330 kW as well as a top performance of 400 kW. With conservative driving the recuperation enables the vehicle to recover electrical energy. According to Mercedes-Benz Trucks, the energy obtained in this way during braking is fed back into the batteries of the eActros and is again made available for use by the drive system. Meanwhile, the two integrated electric motors are claimed to offer great efficiency and a constant delivery of power with high starting torque: “The provision of immediate torque by the electric motors which are coupled with a two-speed transmission ensures powerful acceleration, impressive
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