XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.politics.scorched-earth, uk.politics.misc   
   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   Crank up the power plant.   
      
   Cue all the Electric Avenue jokes, as that's where Daimler is taking   
   its trucks. The Urban eTruck is making the quantum leap from concept to   
   reality, and the first customers will be receiving their all-electric   
   trucks this year, for a year.   
      
   The Mercedes-Benz Urban eTruck is the world's first all-electric   
   heavy-duty truck. It will be initially manufactured in a small series,   
   understandably to weed out any possible teething troubles that usually   
   come with being a pioneer in any segment – call it beta testing – and   
   the plan is to reach full-scale production by 2020.   
      
   The truck was premiered at the International Commercial Vehicle Show in   
   2016, and Mercedes-Benz Trucks' Stefan Buchner says the manufacturer is   
   in talks with 20 potential customers that are willing to do their   
   business with the Urban eTruck. It's a limited 12-month test period   
   where the truck's use is monitored and supported by the Mercedes-Benz   
   road testing department. The customers are operators in the disposal,   
   foodstuffs and logistics sector, says Buchner, and a quieter garbage   
   truck sounds like a very welcome development.   
      
   Mercedes-Benz says the truck will have a range of up to 120 miles, a   
   payload of 12.8 tons and a permitted 18-ton or 25-ton gross vehicle   
   weight. They will be equipped with either a refrigerated body or a dry   
   box body or offered as a platform vehicle, and the charger is as   
   heavy-duty as the rest of the construction.   
      
   Stefan Buchner says: "2017 will now be our year of implementation: step   
   by step we are developing the vehicles and systems to achieve market   
   maturity." In addition to the Urban eTruck, Daimler will also offer the   
   Fuso eCanter light-duty electric truck to 150 selected customers in   
   Europe, Japan and the United States   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)