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    Hey mates... Maxi did some research again that he wants to share with you...

    Today this here was in the news:

    BRIEF-UPS says it will use new Daimler electric delivery truck
    Sept 14 (Reuters) - UPS:


    * UPS announced it will place in service three medium-duty electric trucks from Daimler Trucks Fuso brand, called the eCanter‍
    * Will deploy the Daimler electric delivery truck in the U.S. at locations to be determined‍
    Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:

    Source:
    http://www.reuters.com/article/brie...daimler-electric-delivery-truck-idUSFWN1LV0JD

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    This article here is more detailed:

    Daimler delivers first electric trucks: "The game has started."

    DETROIT (Reuters) - Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) on Thursday said United Parcel Service Inc(UPS.N) will be the first U.S. commercial customer for its new battery-powered eCanter truck, and the company will expand its electric truck production as lower cost, longer-range batteries become available within two to three years.

    The market for electric medium- and heavy-duty trucks is in its infancy. Manufacturers such as Daimler and Navistar International Corp (NAV.N), as well as electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and a host of other new entrants, are racing to overcome the challenges of substituting batteries for diesel engines as regulators crack down on carbon dioxide and soot pollution.

    “The game has started,” Daimler Trucks Asia chief Mark Llistosella told Reuters in an interview on Thursday. The Fuso eCanter is a relatively small urban delivery truck, but Llistosella said larger, Class 7 electric trucks are coming and hinted that Daimler will show a larger electric truck at the Tokyo Motor Show next month.

    Daimler said at a news conference in New York on Thursday that UPS will deploy three of the eCanter trucks, while four New York based non-profit organizations will get a total of eight electric trucks. The trucks have a range of about 62 miles (100 kms between charges.

    Daimler is leasing the trucks to UPS, Llistosella said, because within about two years “we know there will be a next level of technology” that will produce batteries with longer range, lower cost and lower weight.

    Battery costs that are currently about $180 to $200 a kilowatt-hour could drop to about $100 a kilowatt-hour, Llistosella said. “This is the main lever” to move electric commercial trucks to higher sales volumes, he said.

    Daimler is limiting sales of the eCanter to about 500 vehicles for the first two years of production, in anticipation of the improved batteries, Llistosella said. “The market demand is much higher.”

    Daimler’s Mitsubishi Fuso unit began building eCanter trucks at factories in Portugal and Japan earlier this year.

    Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Wednesday that the Silicon Valley company would show off a prototype of an electric semi-trailer truck on Oct. 26 in Hawthorne, California.
    “Worth seeing this beast in person,” Musk tweeted. “It’s unreal.”

    Reuters reported last month that Tesla’s semi is expected to offer a range of 200 to 300 miles, far less than the 1,000 miles for some diesel-powered counterparts that U.S. long-haul truckers use.
    Tesla is also working on self-driving trucks.

    Reporting by Joseph White; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn and Dan Grebler

    Source:
    https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-b...as-restaurateurs-need-them-most-idUKKCN1BP0JF


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    And here comes an article I remembered from July:

    Daimler Begins Fuso eCanter Light-Duty Truck Production In Portugal

    July 29th, 2017 by James Ayre

    Daimler has begun producing its first all-electric light-duty Fuso eCanter trucks at the company’s Tramagal facility in Portugal, going by a new press release from the firm. The Fuso eCanter represents the world’s first production all‑electric light-duty truck.

    This first “small-series” production run will see initial customers begin receiving their trucks over just the next few months, reportedly. All of the Fuso eCanter trucks to be sold in Europe and in the US will be manufactured at the production plant in Tramagal, Portugal — alongside the conventional Fuso Canter truck offering.
    As some background — to clear up any possible confusion about the companies involved — Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) is a brand of Daimler Trucks Asia, hence the news that Daimler has begun production.

    The press release provides more: “The Portuguese government has been supporting the development of the eCanter since the early stages in 2010. The President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, joined members of the government, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck Europe and MFTBC executives at the event.

    “In May, MFTBC already announced its first commercial customer in the Japanese market: Seven-Eleven Co., Ltd. will be operating 25 units of the new eCanter in their fleet within this year.

    “After unveiling the first charging station for trucks in May and starting production at the Kawasaki plant in Japan on July 7th, today’s event symbolizes the beginning of manufacturing of the eCanter outside of Japan.

    A shift from small-series to large-scale production of the eCanter is expected to begin sometime in the coming year. Presuming that everything goes well, that is.

    As some further background on the offering, the eCanter possesses a range of 100 kilometers per full charge, a load capacity of 2–3 tons (depending upon usage), and a battery system composed of six 13.8 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery packs. These battery packs are being provided by the Daimler subsidiary Accumotive.

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    So where is the connection now?

    IMO here:

    All of the Fuso eCanter trucks to be sold in Europe and in the US will be manufactured at the production plant in Tramagal, Portugal

    Source:
    https://cleantechnica.com/2017/07/2...ecanter-light-duty-truck-production-portugal/
    Last edited by maxi1981: 15/09/17
 
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