Daimler Truck continues to up the vary of its electrical semi vans.

Its Mercedes-Benz eActros, presently accessible in 300 and 400 guises, will quickly be joined by a 600 model, a prototype for which efficiently accomplished a 330-mile haul throughout the Alps with a full load (gross weight of 80,000 kilos).

The 300 and 400 variations ship round 205 and 250 miles of vary, respectively. Tesla quotes a 500-mile vary for its Semi with a gross weight of 81,000 kilos.

The eActros 600 makes its world debut on Oct. 10 and begins manufacturing in 2024, Daimler Truck stated on Thursday.

For the journey, engineers began in Stuttgart, Germany, crossed Switzerland, and eventually ended up in Bolzano, Italy. They then charged the truck and returned house, thus finishing a 660-mile journey with solely the one charging cease. Such a distance is akin to the vary of present diesel vans.

Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 prototype

The prototype options three particular person battery packs with a capability of greater than 600 kwh. The batteries have lithium-iron-phosphate cells, and could be charged at charges of up as much as 400 kw utilizing a CCS charger. Just like the batteries within the Tesla Semi, the batteries within the eActros 600 additionally assist megawatt charging.

Drive comes from two electrical motors designed to ship a steady output of 536 hp and a brief peak of 804 hp.

Daimler Truck stated the eActros is designed to the identical sturdiness necessities of its diesel vans, that means homeowners can count on to cowl 745,000 miles over 10 years with out main points.

The newest take a look at comes only one week after an eActros prototype with a hydrogen gasoline cell stack as an alternative of a battery coated 650 miles with a single fill.

Mercedes-Benz is only one truck line at Daimler Truck. The corporate additionally controls the Freightliner, Western Star, Fuso, BharatBenz, and Rizon truck manufacturers, in addition to a number of bus manufacturers.