![]() At highway speeds, it senses and holds steering on steep crowned roads and during heavy crosswinds. Other safety features include active lane assist to keep the truck centered and active steer assist that helps reduce effort in tight turning situations. The eCascadia features Active Side Guard Assist, which activates when the truck is moving less than 12 miles an hour to prevent a right turn when a pedestrian or motorist is detected on the passenger side of the truck. They cover everything from setting up behind-the-fence charging to chasing down rebates and selecting sites.įreightliner carried over advanced driver safety systems from its conventional Cascadia, including Detroit Assurance Active Brake Assist. Over-the-air remote software updates carry over from the Cascadia.Ĭonsulting services come in Baseline, Powerline and Megaline packages. A post-trip analysis will make suggestions for how to improve performance next time. It analyzes analyzes load, weather, traffic and road gradient. The management system also will automatically display the driving range over the course of a proposed trip. A charger management system will track how the truck complies for purchase grants received - electric trucks cost two to three times as much as diesel-powered models - and Low Carbon Fuel Standard credits. ![]() ![]() A single motor creates max torque of 11,500 pound feet and max 195 horsepower.ĭevelopments from Daimler’s Detroit technology subsidiary coming in Q4 abound in the eCascadia. With a dual motor, maximum torque is 23,000 pound feet generating 395 maximum horsepower. Two electronic axle designs are available. The second-gen truck offers three battery sizes with charging times of as little as 90 minutes for 194 kilowatt hours to up to six hours for a 483kW powertrain. Nifty safety features, hand-holding to prepare fleet customers for driving electric and branded charging stations announced over the last year form an ecosystem. The eCascadia is more than just a zero tailpipe-emissions truck. (Photo: Alan Adler/FreightWaves) eCascadia features Rakesh Aneja, head of eMobility for Daimler Truck North America, and Andreas Juretzka, DTNA senior product development lead for e-Mobility at the reveal of the production Freightliner eCascadia on Monday, May 9. Some of the dedicated experience fleet operated by NFI and Penske accumulated 50,000 to 100,000 miles each, Aneja said. Some of the second-generation trucks, with typical single-charge range of 230 miles, will replace first-gen models that could travel about 150 miles before needing to be plugged in. Daimler will add its eM2 Class 6 medium-duty electric truck to its lineup a year from now. Daimler has more than 700 orders, most of which will be built and delivered in 2023. Production of two runs of pre-series eCascadia begins in Portland, Oregon, later this year. “Our customers were testing the products unlike anything we have ever done before.” This was testing with the customer,” said Rakesh Aneja, DTNA head of eMobility. “This was not really testing for the customer. Penske Truck Leasing delivered packages in Southern California.Ī 10-truck customer experience fleet provided one-off trials with nearly 50 fleets nationwide. NFI Industries went back and forth from Chino, California, to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. (Photo: Daimler Truck)īased on the market-leading Cascadia, Daimler built and shared a test fleet of 30 electric versions for concentrated drayage. The second-generation Freightliner eCascadia comes with a full complement of infrastructure support - at a cost –including eFill chargers from its Detroit technology subsidiary. An eM2 Class 6 straight truck, and a Thomas Built Jouley electric school bus plus Detroit eFill chargers covered the small stage. It joined an MT50e walk-in van built on a Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. ![]() After more than a million miles of real-world customer tests, Daimler Truck North America has revealed the production version of the battery-powered Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia.Īt an Advanced Clean Transportation Expo briefing late Monday, a second-gen eCascadia drove a few feet from behind a black screen to the center of DTNA’s display. ![]()
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