Electric Canters pass the 100km range

Fuso trial reports 64 per cent cost reductions and zero vehicle CO2 emissions

 

Daimler’s European Fuso arm has completed a 12-month field trial of Canter E-Cell electric trucks in Portugal, reporting a 64 per cent reduction in operating costs and no CO2 emissions on site.

The trail monitored the daily performance of eight vehicles, each with platforms and box bodies, operated by couriers, freight forwarding agents, and municipalities and public works departments.

Travelling on average 50km per day, and with the ability to extend the distance to 109km, Fuso says the results demonstrate that electric-powered vehicles can be used in urban delivery capacities.

“With operating ranges of more than 100 kilometres, the Canter E-Cell trucks surpassed the average distance that many trucks used in light-duty distribution transport travel each day,” Fuso says.

This distance can be achieved without producing CO2 emissions during operation, the truck maker says, and by reducing emissions by 37 per cent compared to diesel after taking into account the process of producing the electricity in Portugal.

“Calculated on the basis of today’s cost of diesel fuel and electricity in Portugal, the trial produced savings in operating costs of up to 64 percent compared with a conventional diesel truck,” it says.

“In practical terms, this means a Canter diesel truck burns about 14.08 litres of diesel fuel over a distance of 100 kilometres, depending on set-up and freight, while the FUSO Canter E-Cell consumes 47.6 kWh of electricity over the same distance.”

 

 

Replacing the three-litre diesel engine, the electric Canter is fed 110kW (150hp) of power and 650Nm of torque from a permanent magnet motor.  

The four lithium-ion battery packs that replace the fuel tanks require seven hours to recharge, Fuso says, but that can be reduced to a single hour if a quick charging system is used.

The pre-production trucks feature automatic transmissions and are limited to 90km/h.

 

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