The use of electric trucks is getting closer and closer. Pure electric trucks are favored.

Pure electric trucks have become a global trend.

On May 8, 500 BYD pure electric dump vehicles were signed in Shenzhen and put into trial operation. Just a few days ago, Volvo trucks far away in Europe just launched the FE series of pure electric trucks, which is another big move after the introduction of the FL series of pure electric trucks in April.

"Spring flowers bloom, all things bloom." In 2018, the phrase is also appropriate for pure electric truck rings. March and April were the "spring days" for pure electric trucks, with Tesla, Mercedes and Volvo taking the world by storm. In China, China Heavy Automobile, FAW Liberation, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle, BYD and other companies also took out their own electric pride. It can be seen that the scale application of pure electric trucks is getting closer and closer to us.

Middle and Short Distance Transport and Special Vehicle Market is under attention

This spring, new pure electric trucks were launched. Looking closely at their range and market positioning, the reporter found that the current pure electric trucks are still facing the medium and short distance transportation and special vehicles market, such as sanitation vehicles, engineering vehicles, port special vehicles and so on.

Volvo trucks launched their first pure electric truck, the FL, in April, and said it was aimed at areas such as urban transportation and garbage disposal, with a maximum vehicle weight of 16 tons and a range of 300 kilometers. Volvo FL series of electric trucks are now in trial operation in Gothenburg, Sweden, home to Volvo's truck headquarters, and will be officially launched for sale and mass production in Europe next year. The afterglow of the first pure electric truck's debut was followed by the release of the second electric truck, the FE series, in early May. This series is still used in urban freight and garbage transportation operations, but it supports heavy traffic. The Volvo FE series has a total cargo weight of 27 tons and a range of 200 kilometers. The electric truck will be operational in Hamburg, Germany's second largest city, next year. "With the launch of the Volvo FE series of electric trucks, we have successfully built a comprehensive range of electric trucks suitable for urban transportation, and we have taken another strategic step towards developing a comprehensive electrification solution product," said Claise Nilsson, president of Volvo Truck. "

During the same period, TCI, a transportation company in Phoenix, Arizona, ordered 50 Tesla's pure electric semi-truck Semi. In March, Tesla Semi made its first cargo trip with a pure electric truck. Prior to this, Tesla had stated that it plans to start production of Semi pure electric semi-hanging trucks in 2019, while continuing road tests before the quantity. Perhaps the road test worked well. By April, the companies that placed orders for Tesla's electric Semi included several industry giants, such as UPS, which ordered 125 vehicles, and Bee 'Ah, the UAE environmental and waste management company, which ordered 50 vehicles. Tesla Semi's positioning is also a short-distance transportation solution. Its maximum mileage is 800 kilometers, which is only half of the normal fuel heavy truck tank.

Coincidentally, the Mercedes truck also has a new trend. Recently, Mercedes-Benz truck announced that it will deliver 10 pure electric trucks to 10 logistics companies for a 12-month test, followed by a second round of testing, the same time is 12 months, is expected to complete charging, after-sales service and other supporting facilities in 2021 Construction, mass production put on the market. UrbaneTruck, a short-distance logistics pure electric concept truck released by Mercedes-Benz in 2016, has now moved from concept to reality. The pure electric truck based on the Mercedes-Benz Actros chassis has been named "eActros". eActros offers 2-axle and 3-axle chassis with a maximum allowable total mass of 18 tons and 25 tons, respectively. Its model positioning is still used for short-distance urban distribution.

In China, the mainstream commercial vehicles in the field of pure electric trucks, the same frequent movement, products are mainly for the special car market. On April 12, China Heavy Vehicle Haowo T5G pure electric set card was successfully tested and operated in Tianjin Port. In order to meet the needs of building a green port, this set of cards is specially driven by pure electricity. On April 18, FAW demonstrated at Qingdao Port an ICV(intelligent car dedicated to horizontal transport of containers in Port) developed specifically for port operations. This car adopts a pure electric solution, equipped with lithium titanate fast recharging battery technology and liberating autonomous integrated control technology. It can be filled with electricity for 20 minutes and has braking energy recovery technology, which can meet the 24-hour high-strength operating requirements and reliability of the port. Guarantee, more energy conservation and environmental protection. At the same time, liberation also demonstrated the pure electric intelligent cleaning car, to help the rapid development of urban sanitation green intelligence. On April 24, the Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle held a demonstration event for the electric and smart network truck at the Wuhan Technology R&D Center, showing a mass-produced pure electric medium-sized sanitation vehicle. Jiangxuefeng, deputy general manager of Dongfeng commercial vehicles, said that based on the trend of future market development, the typical applications of Dongfeng commercial vehicles planning include high-speed logistics, urban sanitation / logistics, site engineering and intercity logistics. In early May, BYD's pure electric dump truck, which was put into trial operation in Shenzhen, had a mileage of 280 kilometers under full load, which only met the requirements of the operating range of the engineering vehicle. It can be seen that the purely electric model introduced by domestic truck companies is also a special vehicle market for medium and short distance transportation and use within a fixed range.

Automatic driving and pure electric power are often "in the same box"

In addition to the similarity in the field of application, the reporter found that a major feature of pure electric trucks is that it often appears in conjunction with autopilot technology. Tesla Semi, for example, is a truck with a "semi-automatic" function. Tesla claims that if the Semi truck is combined with fleet technology and the three trucks are grouped into a group, the operating cost will be effectively reduced to $0.85 per mile.

At home, pure electric trucks are more closely related to autopilot. On April 18th, the China Heavy Duty Bus pure electric truck support person and machine dual-drive model, which is operated on a trial basis in Tianjin Port, can support manual driving outside Hong Kong and can achieve unmanned driving in Hong Kong. The car is equipped with a lidar, high-definition camera and smart computing unit. Without intervention, it can automatically complete designated movements such as road driving, accurate parking, container handling, and obstacle response. The automatic driving level transportation of container from shore to yard is realized. On the other hand, Liberation ICV has implemented the port demonstration operation of the L4 self-driving. According to the introduction, liberating ICV has built a precise and powerful environmental perception network by installing the most advanced artificial intelligence technology. ICV can accurately perceive and identify the complex operating environment of the port, ensuring that it is still safe and reliable under the condition of no one operating. At present, Emancipation ICV has conducted long-term tests in several ports and can complete 38 port routine operations such as scheduling, precise positioning, obstacle avoidance, tracking, and meeting vehicles. FAW Liberation ICV plans to formally launch commercial operations in early 2019. "Heroes think the same thing," Dongfeng commercial vehicles also emphasized the tightness of electromagnetism and smart network connections. Jiangxuefeng said at the show on April 24 that the next step in Dongfeng commercial vehicles will combine electromagnetism with smart network connections and be reflected in Dongfeng commercial vehicles facing the future of technology and commodity platforms. Dongfeng commercial vehicles are committed to the establishment of relevant standards and evaluation systems in the industry, improving the key basic support systems for electromotive and smart network connections, and steadily and steadily promoting the industrialization of electromotive and smart network connections.

Outstanding advantage pure electric trucks are favored

Although the current range of pure electric trucks and charging facilities are still far from meeting people's expectations, their scope of application is limited, but because of its unique advantages, pure electric trucks are still favored by the industry.

Claes Nilsson, president of Volvo Truck, says pure electric trucks have created new models for cities that are working to improve air quality, reduce traffic noise and ease peak traffic jams

Liuguoqing, deputy director of the China heavy steam technology development center, said that although the research and supporting construction of the basic technology of electromagnetism is still waiting for a greater breakthrough, but this does not mean that truck manufacturers can only passively wait and see, on the contrary, vehicle companies should be more active into this industry. Liuguoqing said: "China's new energy vehicles will enter the post-subsidy era, the new energy commercial vehicle double points policy is brewing, such an environment is returning to the product itself. Whether from the energy conservation, emission reduction, energy security, from the point of view of improving the efficiency of commercial vehicles, or the will of China National Automobile itself to catch up with the world's advanced, the innovative application of pure electric technology is of great significance. "

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