Freightliner electric semi and commercial trucks available to order
04-09-21, 02:57 PM
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Freightliner electric semi and commercial trucks available to order
Way back in 2018, Freightliner revealed that it was working on electric commercial trucks and that it would put a small fleet into service to test them. Three years, 38 trucks and nearly 750,000 miles later, the company has announced that it will start taking orders on its electric trucks with production beginning late next year. Two models are available: the Class 8 tractor eCascadia, and the medium-duty chassis cab eM2.
The eCascadia is available with a one or two motors with output ranging from 360 to 525 horsepower. It has a battery pack with 475 kWh of usable capacity that gives it an estimated range of 250 miles. It is capable of recharging to 80% in about 90 minutes. Those numbers outshine the Volvo VNR Electric, which in tractor form has a range of only 120 miles, and maximum horsepower is just 455 horsepower. It charges a bit faster, however, at 70 minutes for an 80% charge. The only cab option for the eCascadia is a day cab, just like the Volvo.
The smaller eM2 has a single motor, either a 180-horsepower or 300-horsepower unit. It features a smaller 315-kWh battery pack, but still has a range of about 230 miles. It can recharge a bit faster than the eCascadia reaching an 80% charge in an hour. The chassis cab version of the Volvo VNR Electric gets the full 455 horsepower from the tractor variant, but the 150-mile range is still quite a bit less than the Freightliner's.
Although the company will start taking orders, Freightliner hasn't yet announced pricing for the electric trucks. Besides the trucks themselves, Freightliner will also offer a service to help customers figure out how to best integrate the trucks and associated equipment into their companies.
The eCascadia is available with a one or two motors with output ranging from 360 to 525 horsepower. It has a battery pack with 475 kWh of usable capacity that gives it an estimated range of 250 miles. It is capable of recharging to 80% in about 90 minutes. Those numbers outshine the Volvo VNR Electric, which in tractor form has a range of only 120 miles, and maximum horsepower is just 455 horsepower. It charges a bit faster, however, at 70 minutes for an 80% charge. The only cab option for the eCascadia is a day cab, just like the Volvo.
The smaller eM2 has a single motor, either a 180-horsepower or 300-horsepower unit. It features a smaller 315-kWh battery pack, but still has a range of about 230 miles. It can recharge a bit faster than the eCascadia reaching an 80% charge in an hour. The chassis cab version of the Volvo VNR Electric gets the full 455 horsepower from the tractor variant, but the 150-mile range is still quite a bit less than the Freightliner's.
Although the company will start taking orders, Freightliner hasn't yet announced pricing for the electric trucks. Besides the trucks themselves, Freightliner will also offer a service to help customers figure out how to best integrate the trucks and associated equipment into their companies.
04-09-21, 04:08 PM
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Lexus Champion
So in a strange twist of fate, Jerome Guillen (In charge of the Tesla Semi) used to head up the Freightshaker Cascadia diesel tractor program.
04-10-21, 05:45 AM
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Lexus Champion
250 mile range (guarantee that’s liberal) and a 90 minute charge time each said 250 miles.
Lol truckers will not want these, these will fail dismally at least in the United States.
Most truckers are trying to get where they’re going as quickly as possible and not just for the drivers, either.
Lol truckers will not want these, these will fail dismally at least in the United States.
Most truckers are trying to get where they’re going as quickly as possible and not just for the drivers, either.
04-10-21, 06:30 AM
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Lexus Fanatic
250 mile range (guarantee that’s liberal) and a 90 minute charge time each said 250 miles.
Lol truckers will not want these, these will fail dismally at least in the United States.
Most truckers are trying to get where they’re going as quickly as possible and not just for the drivers, either.
Lol truckers will not want these, these will fail dismally at least in the United States.
Most truckers are trying to get where they’re going as quickly as possible and not just for the drivers, either.
04-10-21, 07:45 AM
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Lexus Champion
04-10-21, 07:58 AM
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Lexus Fanatic
90 min charge time, only 250mile range on a full charge? What trucking company is going to spend all that money on such a compromised vehicle? Current trucks get about 2000 miles of range after filling up both 150gal tanks which takes under 20min to fill. I can't imagine how much these EV semi/comer trucks/batteries are going to cost either and how long are they going to last, current trucks/engines last around 1 million miles. Commercial/Semi trucks are the biggest polluters on the road by far and are really the vehicle they should be focusing on making cleaner instead of already clean private vehicles but this just won't cut it for the vast majority of companies/needs in trucking aside from very short rangers.
04-10-21, 11:27 AM
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Lexus Champion
15 of the largest of them combined produce as much emissions as all cars on the planet.
But yes CAFE try to take me out of my V8s and put me in a 4 cylinder E-Class for 65 grand. I drive like 3000 miles a year, my carbon footprint is very very light even driving V8s.
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04-11-21, 06:28 AM
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04-11-21, 08:22 AM
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04-12-21, 02:32 PM
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Lexus Champion
I could see these doing reasonably well for local deliveries. I doubt if most local trucks do more than 250 miles in a day, and they can just recharge at night. I'm sure this would be the target of these trucks as they're obviously ill suited to long distance travel.
04-12-21, 03:37 PM
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They shouldn't concentrate on these huge freightliners, but instead on smaller box trucks and vans. Most of them go on local deliveries that are rather short distance, and most of them are garage stored overnight where they can charge. For long haulers its just not going to work, they need to travel long distances, they need to be able to "idle" with AC or heat on when drivers sleep in the cab, and they require way too much space for charger ports.
04-12-21, 03:42 PM
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Lexus Champion
They shouldn't concentrate on these huge freightliners, but instead on smaller box trucks and vans. Most of them go on local deliveries that are rather short distance, and most of them are garage stored overnight where they can charge. For long haulers its just not going to work, they need to travel long distances, they need to be able to "idle" with AC or heat on when drivers sleep in the cab, and they require way too much space for charger ports.