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Daimler electric trucks & buses log more than 7M customer kilometers

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million miles). The eCanter is produced in Kawasaki, Japan and in Tramagal, Portugal. In the United States, the heavy-duty eCascadia and the medium-duty eM2 were premiered in Portland in June 2018. Worldwide, Daimler battery-electric trucks and buses have already logged more than seven million customer kilometers (4.3

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Unlike individual car owners, fleet operators know exactly how many miles their vehicles travel, and they aren’t likely to be swayed by questions of styling or coolness factors—if you can demonstrate that an EV will save them money, then you should be able to make a sale. million miles. Most commercial trucks are engineered for 1.2

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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According to Ceder, the compound, known as lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4), has a crystal structure that creates “perfectly sized tunnels for lithium to move through,&# allowing the team to reach “ridiculously fast charging rates.&# » See also: Nissan Planning Electric Car Battery Plant in Portugal » Get Gas 2.0

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