to join Sysco's fleet will work at its Riverside, California, site ahead of the arrival of additional eCascadia trucks in 2023.
"Today is a major milestone in our climate journey as we work toward electrifying 35% of our US fleet by 2030," Neil Russell, Sysco's senior vice president of corporate affairs and chief communications officer, said earlier in November.has been in pre-series production and testing since 2018 in prototype form, with the production version revealed in May of this year after prototypes had accumulated 1.5 million miles in customer fleets.
Depending on battery configuration—from 194 kWh to 291 kWh and 438 kWh—the eCascadia offers ranges of 155, 220, or 230 miles, making it suitable for short-haul daily routes and for depot-based recharging. This makes the Class 8 truck attractive to drayage operations and regional distribution routes, with the eCascadia and trailer featuring a gross combined weight of 82,000 pounds in a tandem drive layout and a GCW of 65,000 pounds in a single drive layout.
Daimler Trucks says the eCascadia can juice up to 80% state of charge in just 90 minutes at its home base. By 2026, Sysco plans to deploy up to 800 eCascadias for its operations, including those that will be paired with electric refrigerated trailers.
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