{"id":48533,"date":"2023-04-29T00:03:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T04:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48533"},"modified":"2023-04-29T00:03:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T04:03:43","slug":"daimler-medium-duty-electric-truck-mitsubishi-fuso-ecanter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48533","title":{"rendered":"Daimler Trucks launches Rizon electric medium-duty truck in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

Daimler<\/a> Trucks, which already owns Freightliner and Western Star, is putting a new brand on the U.S. market later this year. Dubbed Rizon<\/a>, the medium-duty Class 4 and Class 5 haulers are battery-electric vehicles ranging from 15,995 to 17,995 pounds in gross vehicle weight. These are the kinds of city workhorses usually put to work as box trucks<\/a> and refrigerated trucks for delivery and minicipal fleets, dump trucks, and flatbeds. Daimler hasn’t addressed the source of Rizon’s line yet, but Freightwaves<\/em> suspects<\/a> these are rebadged versions of Japanese truckmaker Mitsubishi Fuso’s eCanter<\/a>. Daimler Trucks owns 89.3% of Mitsubishi<\/a> Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation, which launched the latest version of the eCanter for Europe last September. The additions expand Daimler Trucks’ commercial e-footprint, along with the Class 6 Freightliner eM2 106 and the Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia.<\/p>\n

Three Rizon models will go on sale through a network of U.S. dealers<\/a> in Q4, the e16M, e16L and e18L. The M model runs with two 83-kWh battery<\/a> packs providing a range from 75 to 100 miles. The L models boast three larger 124-kWh packs extending range to anywhere from 110 to 160 miles on a charge. Daimler chose lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for their extended durability and reliability compared to other chemistries. The company will warranty<\/a> the high-voltage packs for 5 years or 120,000 miles, and the rest of the truck and powertrain for 5 years or 75,000 miles. The company says charging using a Level 2 AC system refills the battery in “five to six hours,” whereas using the DC fast charge system “will result in a full charge in 45 to 90 minutes.”<\/p>\n

To help the fleet customers that Rizon is targeting first, Daimler Truck and distribution partner Velocity will offer consultation on charging and telematics access, plus a sales force and technicians trained on the ins and outs of commercial electric vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sales start in Southern California, New York and Texas. These are also the states where Daimler just announced the launch of its charging infrastructure joint venture Greenlane<\/a>. Developed with NextEra Energy Resources and private equity firm BlackRock, the $650 million initiative will build out a charging network along popular freight routes for medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric trucks that has refilling stations for hydrogen<\/a> fuel-cell trucks. When up and running, dedicated software will include a commercial vehicle<\/a> reservation platform to make charging more efficient even before plugging in. Eventually, the project wants to make space for light-duty vehicles after opening the way for electric trucks<\/a> and then hydrogen trucks.<\/p>\n

The Rizon makes its debut here at next week’s Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, running May 1-4 in Anaheim, California.<\/p>\n

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