Large electric trucks are easy to get excited about. They can cut a lot of emissions — CO2 emissions as well as other types of pollution that cause cancer, asthma, and various other human ailments
and death. This is why, since the Tesla Semi was unveiled in 2017, many of us have been eagerly awaiting commercial production. While we are still waiting for that, Mercedes-Benz has just announced that it has begun production of its own large electric truck, the eEconic. This is not a long-haul semi truck, but I’ll get to that Mercedes-Benz truck at the end of the piece after other electric truck and electric truck charging news from Mercedes-Benz.
Electric in series production: The Mercedes-Benz eEconic rolls off the production line at the Wörth plant as of now. Electric in series production: The Mercedes-Benz eEconic rolls off the production line at the Wörth plant as of now. Note that the eEconic is not a long-haul semi truck. It’s an inner-city truck targeted at municipal uses. This model supplements and follows the Mercedes-Benz eActros, which is an electric truck for urban use that was released in October 2021.
40 tons gross vehicle weight: battery-electric eActros now drives with a trailer in the Northern Black Forest.