Mercedes-Benz Truck Holds World Premiere of Electric Truck 'eActros'... "Production Starts in Second Half of the Year"

[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Mercedes-Benz Trucks announced on the 30th that it will hold the digital world premiere of the large pure battery electric truck eActros.

The digital world premiere will be streamed at 5 PM. The eActros digital world premiere streaming will also be available on the Daimler Truck Korea website.

Mass production of the eActros is scheduled to begin in the second half of this year at the W?rth am Rhein plant in Germany. Mercedes-Benz Truck customers closely collaborated on the development of this product, and the eActros prototype has been in pilot operation since 2018. To date, the eActros prototype has undergone over 500,000 km of driving tests for efficiency, sustainability, and connectivity trials.

Andreas von Walfelt, Head of Sales and Marketing at Mercedes-Benz Trucks, said, "Thanks to intensive and practical experiments, we are able to present a vehicle fully tailored to customer needs along with extensive services."

Daimler Truck AG, which owns the Mercedes-Benz Truck brand, explained that with the announcement of the first mass-produced electric truck under the Mercedes-Benz Truck brand, it plans to open a new era toward carbon-neutral road transport.

Daimler Truck AG pursues a sustainable corporate strategy and aims for carbon neutrality in new vehicle operations sold in Europe, Japan, and North America by 2039. It also plans to add hydrogen-based fuel cell trucks to its portfolio starting in 2027.

To this end, Daimler Truck AG is focusing on electric vehicle technologies, including pure battery electric trucks for medium-distance transport and hydrogen-based fuel cell trucks for heavy-duty, long-distance transport.

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