The Swiss eMobility specialist Designwerk has presented an all-electric tractor unit with a battery capacity of 1,000 kilowatt hours. This should also make long-distance and heavy transports possible – at least in some countries.
The high-voltage battery systems with NMC technology installed in the truck come from the Swiss company’s in-house battery production. Of the 1,000 kilowatt hours in installed gross capacity, 864 kWh are used in daily operation, the rest is not released to extend the battery life.
The buffer between gross and net capacity appears very large at 136 kWh, but this is a common order of magnitude for Designwerk batteries. With the company’s 680 kWh battery, for example, 578 kWh or 85 per cent is usable. With the new megawatt-hour battery, on the other hand, 86.4 per cent is…
Designwerk long haul e-truck sports 1000 kWh batteries
