© Reuters. The Daimler logo is seen before the Daimler annual shareholder meeting in Berlin, Germany, April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke) Trucks, the European division of commercial vehicle maker Daimler Truck, premiered its battery-electric long-haul truck eActros 600 on Tuesday, with series production planned for the end of 2024.
The company is currently building a fleet of around 50 prototype vehicles to be tested with customers, it said. The lithium iron phosphate battery's capacity of over 600 kilowatt hours means drivers, for the most part, will not need to charge all day, as around 60% of long-distance journeys of Mercedes-Benz truck drivers in Europe are under 500 kilometres, the company said in a statement.Comment Guidelines
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