List of electric truck makers

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This is a list of electric truck makers that have produced medium- and heavy-duty commercial battery-powered all-electric trucks.

Hyundai-Kia

The following truck brands are owned by Big Three automobile manufacturers and other corporations which hold multiple automobile and truck brands.

In 2020, Hyundai sold over 9,000 units of its Porter Electric truck in South Korea while Kia sold over 5,000 units of the Kia Bongo EV in the same market.[1]

Mercedes-Benz Group

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz began delivering eActros units to 10 customers in September 2018 for a two-year real-world test.[2] Customers include Dachser, Edeka, Hermes, Kraftverkehr Nagel, Ludwig Meyer, Pfenning Logistics, TBS Rhein-Neckar and Rigterink of Deutschland, and Camion Transport and Migros of Switzerland. In 2023, the eActros 600 with a 621 kWh battery and a range of 500 km was presented, with production starting in 2024.[3]

Daimler AG

Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter at the Tokyo Motor Show 2017
Freightliner

Freightliner began delivering e-M2 trucks to Penske in December 2018, and will commercialize its larger e-Cascadia in 2019.[4][needs update] Since 2023 Daimler offers MT50e electric step-van with the exact cargo capacity and dimensions as its diesel counterpart. The 2024 model offers level 2 home charging which was absent on the 2023 model.[5]

Mitsubishi Fuso

Mitsubishi Fuso began deliveries of the eCanter in 2017.[6]

Rizon

Daimler launched the all-electric truck Rizon brand in the United States in 2023.[7] Journalists questioned whether the Rizon trucks are rebranded Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter trucks, but Daimler did not address these questions.[8]

Paccar

DAF

DAF delivered its first CF semi-truck to Jumbo for testing in December 2018. It uses a VDL powertrain.[9] The logistics company Tinie Manders Transport received a unit in February 2019, and Contargo in Germany received two units in May.[10][11]

Peterbilt

Peterbilt unveiled in early 2018 a partnership with Meritor and TransPower, who will supply all-electric drivetrain systems for two Peterbilt vehicle platforms. They will produce twelve Class 8 579EV day cab tractors and three 520EV trash trucks that will be tested for about a year.[12] In January 2019, Peterbilt unveiled its medium-duty 220EV also made in partnership with Meritor and TransPower. Six units should be delivered to its major customer in 2019.[13][needs update] The manufacturer expects to have a total of more than 30 electric trucks on the road by the end of 2019.[13][needs update]

Tata

Tata Ultra T.7 is India's first fully electric truck. The truck comes with modern design and powertrain of zero emission. It is designed to bear a payload range of 3692–4935 kg. It has a weight of 7490 kg and equipped with 6 wheels.[14] Tata motors also launched an electric version of Tata Ace. It is a small commercial vehicle which is designed to be used in cities. The Ace EV is the first product featuring Tata Motors' EVOGEN powertrain. It is powered by a 27 kW (36 hp) motor with 130 Nm of peak torque, cargo volume of 208 ft^3 and gradeability of 22%.

Toyota

Hino

Hino Motors partnered with SEA Electric to provide Hino electric trucks using the SEA-Drive powertrain. The trucks are scheduled to become available in 2024 in the United States. SEA Electric has been installing its electric powertrains in medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses since 2017.[15]

Volkswagen AG

MAN

MAN began delivering a dozen units of various e-TGM trucks in September 2018 for testing purposes with different customers. Serial production was scheduled to begin in 2022.[16]

Volvo AB

Mack

Mack unveiled the LR refuse truck in May 2019. Its commercialization should begin in 2019.[17][needs update] New York City Department of Sanitation will test one unit beginning in 2020.[18][needs update]

Renault Trucks

The Renault Maxity is available with an electric powertrain (Diesel tow truck version pictured).

Renault Trucks, part of Volvo, began selling an electric version of its Maxity small truck in 2010.[19] Renault Trucks was the first to build heavy-duty trucks,[citation needed] with three prototypes of electric Renault Midlum and a later Renault D tested in real conditions by different customers (Carrefour, Nestlé, Guerlain) for a few years between 2012 and 2016.[20][21][22] A prototype D truck was delivered to Delanchy in November 2017.[23]

After testing is completed, Renault will commercialize its D and D Wide trucks in 2019.[needs update] They will be built in France alongside their Volvo counterparts.

Renault Trucks has unveiled the models of its heavy-duty all-electric range in November 2022. The Renault Trucks E-Tech T and C, which are for regional distribution and construction, will be produced in series at the Bourg-en-Bresse factory from 2023.

Volvo

Volvo planned to launch their first mass-produced electric FE and FL trucks in early 2021, to be built in France alongside their Renault counterparts.[24] An electric VNR semi-trailer truck was delivered to North American customers for testing in 2021. An updated VNR Electric is scheduled to begin production in 2022, in Dublin, Virginia.[25]

Single-brand corporations

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