Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck

[botsapper]

Mercedes-Benz beats Tesla's Master Plan II in the introduction the Urban eTruck, an all-EV semi truck. They used Urban in the name because it is not a long haul semi truck. It is an EV chassis used for regular route city jobs; delivery trucks and garbage trucks. MB took their HD three-axle diesel truck, removed the powertrain and installed electric motors at each hub. The 212 Kw battery is enough for a 124 mile range or about a couple of days of around-town deliveries. DC fast charging, SAE-J1772 Type 2 connector will recharge it in 2-3 hours. Tesla has an EV truck project as well but MB concept came out first in the electrification beyond consumer vehicles and into the commercial market vehicles.

Breaker, (circuit) breaker: Mercedes debuts all-electric Urban eTruck - Roadshow

[freebeard]

I was looking at ZF's website for their smaller electric axles, but they have this for city buses:


https://www.zf.com/corporate/en_de/magazine/magazin_artikel_viewpage_22132904.html

What would be sweet would be a 2:1 planetary reduction gear in each hub. They probably supply to Mercedes-Benz. The axle I was looking at is for their urban vehicle, the electric twist beam:


http://www.zf.com/corporate/en_de/products/product_range/cars/cars_electric_twistbeam.shtml

[sendler]

The video for the Mercedes Urban eTruck.
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https://youtu.be/URv9B5FujjI
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[freebeard]

What's everybody got against round headlights? They would work well with the M-B logo.

Interesting transition from the cab to the box van. They sorta give up at the upper corners. (wow, the word 'sorta' passes my spellcheck!)

I liked that they put the Mercedes 190 pedal car at the end.