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

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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. With a fast charger, the charging time can be reduced to about one and a half hours. Freightliner eCascadia and the eM2.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. Now nominally retired and living in Portugal, he remains active in the infrastructure space as a consultant, and closely follows the development of the EV charging ecosystem. Rustam Kocher: It is.

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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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