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08-02-2016, 04:31 AM
Forget 'Tesla Semi,' Mercedes already has world's first all-electric truck
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When Elon Musk revealed that Tesla is planning to produce an all-electric commercial vehicle platform called "Tesla Semi (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/tesla-secret-master-plan-part-2/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)," it came as quite a surprise to a lot of people. That's because it seemed virtually ** one else was thinking about electric semi trucks.
Turns out, though, Mercedes-Benz has been hotly engineering a semi truck EV for some time. To underscore that fact, it unveiled its Urban eTruck concept.
SEE ALSO: Elon Musk confirms Tesla is planning to build a Model X-based minibus (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/tesla-minibus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As it sits, the eTruck has a range of around 124 miles per charge. And it has a load capacity comparable to current diesel-powered semis — around 26 tons. If that weren't impressive e**ugh, lighter-duty all-electric Daimler (Mercedes' parent company) trucks are currently undergoing customer trials. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/mercedes-benz-etruck-all-electric-semi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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When Elon Musk revealed that Tesla is planning to produce an all-electric commercial vehicle platform called "Tesla Semi (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/tesla-secret-master-plan-part-2/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)," it came as quite a surprise to a lot of people. That's because it seemed virtually ** one else was thinking about electric semi trucks.
Turns out, though, Mercedes-Benz has been hotly engineering a semi truck EV for some time. To underscore that fact, it unveiled its Urban eTruck concept.
SEE ALSO: Elon Musk confirms Tesla is planning to build a Model X-based minibus (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/tesla-minibus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As it sits, the eTruck has a range of around 124 miles per charge. And it has a load capacity comparable to current diesel-powered semis — around 26 tons. If that weren't impressive e**ugh, lighter-duty all-electric Daimler (Mercedes' parent company) trucks are currently undergoing customer trials. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/mercedes-benz-etruck-all-electric-semi/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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