According to Charged EVs, the new electric truck can be adapted to work as a garbage truck or a firetruck, among other things, which is helpful for towns and cities that want to go electric on their fleet of municipal trucks.

The 27 tons truck is based on the same chassis as the eActros, it is powered by two electric motors and three battery packs, each outputting 105 kWh of power (315 kWh in total) and it can be charged at up to 160 kW using a DC power station.

The eEconic will go into series production soon and it will be produced in southern Germany.

Dr. Ralf Forcher, Head of Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks, said that "with the eEconic, we are putting the first electrically powered and series-produced Mercedes-Benz Special Truck on the road."

"The exchange with our customers has shown: cities and municipalities want CO2-neutral vehicles for their fleets. Especially with regard to large cities, there is a need for quiet, clean and safe logistics and waste disposal solutions. And we offer just the right truck for this", he added.

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