On-line retailer Amazon has
purchased 202 electrical Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 autos from Germany’s
Daimler Truck, the automaker said Tuesday, marking every firms’ largest-ever
order for battery-powered lorries.
Heavy-duty autos (HDVs) are accountable for six % of EU greenhouse
gasoline emissions, in keeping with the European Charge, and account for over a
quarter of road transport emissions throughout the bloc.
EU guidelines require truckmakers to collectively reduce the emissions
introduced on by the autos they promote by 45 % by 2030 from 2019 ranges. The
reductions are set to increase to 65 % by 2035 and to 90 % by
2040.
Daimler Truck, one in every of many world’s largest truck producers by amount,
last yr delivered 4,035 electrical autos out of better than 460,000 worldwide.
About 2,000 orders have been taken in complete for the eActros 600 as a result of it
was unveiled on the end of 2023, a spokesman knowledgeable AFP.
Former Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum said last yr that the eActros was
“the way in which ahead for the company”, together with that he was impressed by its effectivity
in real-world conditions.
The truck, which Amazon will use in Britain and Germany, can journey about
500 kilometres (310 miles) on a single value.
The sale worth of an eActros 600 is about twice the worth of an equal
diesel model, the spokesman said.
At competitor Traton, Volkswagen’s truck-making unit, electrical car
product sales fell 18 % last yr, the company said Tuesday, and account for about
0.5 % of autos purchased.(AFP)