I am a truck driver in Norway and the company i am working for has made a order for 3 electric Scania trucks for city use. Last week we had a Volvo FH Electric in for testing and i was asked if i could drive it since i will be the first one in the company to get one of the electric Scanias.
Almost all components aside from the powertrain is the same as the equivalent diesel or natural gas version and makes it easy to just get in without needing to figure out a brand new vehicle and most parts needed are still the same so for maintenance and repairs you can rely on existing infrastructure.
In terms of power the Volvo has on paper a 666hp engine paired with a 12 speed automatic gearbox, but comparing it to our existing fleet with the same power it underperforms a fair bit, but this is something we were told that Volvo is continiously working on with the driving modes and the balance of power to range. Our one Scania we already have has a 610hp motor paired to a 6 speed gearbox and greatly outperforms both our existing diesel trucks and the electric Volvo up hills and in acceleration. even loaded 10T heavier.
Speaking of weight the Volvo weighs 5T more than the equivalent diesel version and same with the Scania, but they are both able to cary up to 60t total weight and we have some routes where we physically can’t load it up to ever have weight be a limiting factor that they will be running dedicated on.
For charging the Volvo is a older design and charges at only 250kw and has a capacity of 360kwh for the smaller models and up to 540kwh on the higher end ones. For the scania it charges at 375kw with a battery of 624kwh.
motley2
Wow! Thanks for sharing. This is really interesting. I think heavy and light duty EVs will keep getting better and cheaper for a long time.
Professional_Buy_615
You win the cool EV truck of the month award!
mapengr
It’s crazy to see you can actually build an EV semi-truck that looks like a semi-truck lol. I feel like we’ve gotten conditioned to think an EV has to look completely different than anything on the road.
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I am a truck driver in Norway and the company i am working for has made a order for 3 electric Scania trucks for city use. Last week we had a Volvo FH Electric in for testing and i was asked if i could drive it since i will be the first one in the company to get one of the electric Scanias.
Almost all components aside from the powertrain is the same as the equivalent diesel or natural gas version and makes it easy to just get in without needing to figure out a brand new vehicle and most parts needed are still the same so for maintenance and repairs you can rely on existing infrastructure.
In terms of power the Volvo has on paper a 666hp engine paired with a 12 speed automatic gearbox, but comparing it to our existing fleet with the same power it underperforms a fair bit, but this is something we were told that Volvo is continiously working on with the driving modes and the balance of power to range. Our one Scania we already have has a 610hp motor paired to a 6 speed gearbox and greatly outperforms both our existing diesel trucks and the electric Volvo up hills and in acceleration. even loaded 10T heavier.
Speaking of weight the Volvo weighs 5T more than the equivalent diesel version and same with the Scania, but they are both able to cary up to 60t total weight and we have some routes where we physically can’t load it up to ever have weight be a limiting factor that they will be running dedicated on.
For charging the Volvo is a older design and charges at only 250kw and has a capacity of 360kwh for the smaller models and up to 540kwh on the higher end ones. For the scania it charges at 375kw with a battery of 624kwh.
Wow! Thanks for sharing. This is really interesting. I think heavy and light duty EVs will keep getting better and cheaper for a long time.
You win the cool EV truck of the month award!
It’s crazy to see you can actually build an EV semi-truck that looks like a semi-truck lol. I feel like we’ve gotten conditioned to think an EV has to look completely different than anything on the road.