Renault and MAN reveal plans to expand electric truck ranges
Thu 12 July 2018
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Renault Trucks and truck and bus maker MAN are expanding their line-ups of all-electric trucks and are planning to showcase them at September's IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hanover.
Renault Trucks has revealed details of its new generation of electric trucks, with a model range from vans through to 26 tonnes GVW and applications including last mile, urban distribution and refuse collection.
Renault says that the Master ZE van will be available from September, and next year the 16-tonne Renault D ZE and 26-tonne Renault D Wide ZE models will go into production.
Renault says that its electric vehicles are now economically viable alternatives to conventional power for hauliers, and provide a solution to operators in areas with Clean Air Zone plans across the UK.
Truck and bus maker MAN is also planning to expand its line-up of large EVs, with an all-electric truck and bus due to make their debuts at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hannover in September.
The German firm says that it will also introduce an electric version of the TGE van – the eTGE – which is MAN’s equivalent of the Volkswagen eCrafter.
The company claims that it can serve the “entire scope of city logistics applications between 3 and 26 tonnes” with electric vehicles. In addition, electric MAN bus trials in cities all over Europe are imminent.
The CV sector is some way behind the passenger car sector in terms of progress on electrification and, especially for long-range applications, poses particular technical challenges. The UK Government's Road to Zero strategy, recently published, highlighted the need for more rapid progress in the development and adoption of low emission trucks.
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