Thursday, July 28, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Tesla takes the lead in the race for the development of an electric truck – Univisión

Although it is still a prototype, technology powertrain of Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck is ready for use in real life.

on Wednesday he made its debut in the city of Stuttgart in Germany the first truck-electric heavy load Mercedes-Benz .

Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck is the first, and so far the only fully electric three-axle truck with a total carrying capacity of 26 tons. The Urban eTruck has a autonomy 200km ( 125 miles ) which explains the ‘urban’ part of his name. This is not a truck freight, is a delivery truck . In fact, the mission of Urban eTruck is circular in urban areas, including the perimeters where trucks with internal combustion engines that produce emissions have restricted passage very common in Europe.

Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck , reached just one week announced by Tesla Motors the start of development a similar vehicle which they hope to present in prototype form within a year. Mercedes-Benz certainly won a race in which neither knew they were participating.



Although it is still a prototype, technology powertrain Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck is ready for use in real life. The Urban eTruck is basically a truck Mercedes-Benz heavy burden sharing three axes without its typical diesel engine. It uses an electric motor at each end of a rear axle originally designed for the hybrid bus Mercedes-Benz Citaro currently markets the brand.

Each of the electric motors generates 167 horsepower and 368 lb.-ft. of torque . The lithium-ion battery consists of three modules located in the center of the frame to protect them from shocks, which can store a combined power of 212 kW . When you need more autonomy you can add more modules. The three modules in the prototype can be loaded between 2 and 3 hours .

Mercedes-Benz says the Urban eTruck will be in production at the beginning of the next decade.

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