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Daimler Truck and CATL expand partnership in batteries | Automotive Industry News

  • CATL to source batteries for Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul truck beginning 2024
  • The associates intend to jointly style and design and develop even extra sophisticated future-generation battery cells and packs for truck certain apps

Daimler Truck AG and lithium-ion battery company and developer Modern day Amperex Technologies Co. Confined (CATL) have introduced the intensification of their existing partnership based mostly on their shared vision of CO2-neutral electrified trucking.

CATL will be the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul battery-electric powered truck, which is planned to be ready for collection generation in 2024. The source will go further than 2030. The batteries will mix superior electrical power density with ultra-extended cycle lifestyle as well as fast-charging potential to meet up with the distinctive demands of battery-electric powered extended-haul vans. In addition, the corporations intend to jointly style and design and develop even extra sophisticated future-generation battery cells and packs for truck certain apps, with a concentrate on superior modularity and scalability in order to guidance various truck apps and flexible compatibility with foreseeable future e-truck types.

In 2019, Daimler Truck AG and CATL entered into a worldwide lithium-ion battery cell modules source settlement for electric powered collection vans which include the Mercedes-Benz eActros, the Freightliner eCascadia and eM2. In September 2020, Daimler Truck AG introduced the eActros LongHaul, which will have a vary of about 500 kilometres for electrical power-productive transportation on plannable extended-haul routes.

Martin Daum, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG and Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, reported: “Partnerships are critical for us to provide on our motivation to the Paris Settlement and our ultimate intention of reaching CO2-neutral transportation on the roadways, on which we are performing at full velocity. Growing and strengthening our robust collaboration with CATL will engage in a important part as we accelerate our electrification actions and lead the way to zero emissions in the truck market. We will launch a extensive vary of client-oriented, modern collection-generated electric powered vans from 2021 onwards.”

Dr. Robin Zeng, Founder, Chairman and CEO of CATL reported: “We are extremely delighted to reinforce the existing partnership with Daimler Truck AG based mostly on our shared vision in e-mobility. With CATL’s modern know-how in EV batteries and Daimler Truck’s deep expertise in the major truck market, we imagine our robust worldwide partnership will additional increase Daimler Truck AG’s marketplace place on the e-mobility phase and accelerate to generate in direction of carbon neutrality.”