Daimler has started a series of production of the medium-duty electric trucks at the end of 2023. And now Daimler has delivered its first battery-electric Freightliner eM2 trucks to a New York based trucking company. The Freightliner eM2 Truck made at the company’s factory in Portland, Oregon is being distributed to customers across the U.S.
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PITT OHIO is the first company based at Latham, New York to deploy Daimler’s eM2 – it’s added two Class 7 electric trucks to its fleet. The electric truck eM2 is built on the well-established Freightliner M2 106 Plus platform. It features a proprietary, fully integrated, battery electric Detroit ePowertrain.
Daimler says that its design places an electric motor and a two-speed transmission directly on the drive axles, which results in minimized energy cost per miles. Also the Class 7 dual-motor variant offers up to 255 continuous horsepower, supported by a 291 kWh battery, providing a range of nearly 250 miles on a single charge.
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The electric delivery box truck features Detroit Connect, a connected vehicle solution that allows real-time battery health monitoring, changing status, and energy usage. That enables efficient route planning, energy optimization, and post-trip data analysis to improve overall energy efficiency.