Our passenger vehicles are just a small part of the transportation industry.
In all the excitement over electric cars, we sometimes forget they re just a small part of the overall transportation industry. We ve heard that Tesla has an electric semi truck on the way, though we ll believe it when we see it hauling on the highway, and Volvo is working on one too. But this week Mercedes-Benz Trucks introduced its over-the-road hauler called the eActros, and it looks…pretty standard. We have to acknowledge that transport is a part of the problem when it comes to climate change. At the same time, we can and we will be part of the solution. We start with our eActros that has covered more than half a million kilometers on public roads, said Karin Radstrom, Member of the Board of Management at Daimler Truck AG and responsible for Mercedes-Benz Trucks.
Daimler’s Truck Unit Maps Plans to Replace Diesel With Hydrogen
Electric cars get all the attention, but truckmakers are also under pressure to shift from fossil fuels to electricity.
A prototype of Daimler’s GenH2 hydrogen-powered truck. Daimler has set a goal of selling trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells by 2027.Credit.Daimler
May 23, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Carmakers have been promising to scrap the internal combustion engine, and now it’s the truckmakers’ turn. But the makers of giant 18-wheelers are taking a different route.
Daimler, the world’s largest maker of heavy trucks, whose Freightliners are a familiar sight on American interstates, said last week that it would convert to zero-emission vehicles within 15 years at the latest, providing another example of how the shift to electric power is reshaping vehicle manufacturing with significant implications for the climate, economic growth and jobs.
Karin Radstrom today became a member of the Daimler Truck AG management board, responsible for Mercedes-Benz Trucks.
Most recently she headed sales and marketing at Scania as a member of the executive board. We are very pleased to welcome Karin to our global leadership team. She has a wealth of international experience in the commercial vehicles industry and a proven track record in shaping a customer focused sales organisation and brand experience, said chairman Martin Daum.
Sweden-born Radstrom started at Scania as a trainee in 2004 after graduating with a master of engineering in industrial management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.