Daimler’s new, all-electric truck model made its Canadian debut this week with the official market launch of its battery electrical class 4 and 5 medium obligation work vans.
After making its North American debut on the 2023 ACT Expo in Anaheim, California, Daimler Truck’s RIZON model has continued on a gradual march in the direction of manufacturing with preliminary preorders set to open this June. Nevertheless it gained’t simply be Individuals who can order a brand new RIZON electrical field truck – Canadians will be capable of add them to their fleets on the similar time.
“Canada may be very superior relating to inexperienced vitality and infrastructure and is a pure subsequent step for RIZON’s second market,” explains Andreas Deuschle, the World Head of RIZON. “We’re very blissful to deliver our zero-emission answer to Canadian prospects. They’re confirmed OEM vans with the most recent expertise from Daimler Truck.”
Modernism and mandates
Together with California and a handful of different US states, the Canadian authorities has plans to restrict (or outright ban) using diesel vans on its roads. Within the case of Canada, the nation has dedicated to a zero emissions objective by 2050 – however Daimler may have gotten there with out launching a brand new model.
So, why is Daimler launching a brand new model?
RIZON is about reaching new prospects with a chassis that’s been designed from the ground-up to be an EV. These prospects could be new to Daimler, or seeking to substitute an growing older fleet of Isuzu or (extra doubtless) Mitsubishi Fuso cabovers with one thing somewhat extra trendy.
What they’ll discover in a RIZON, then, is a clean, quiet, and car-like journey that can make the “step up” from one thing like a Ford E-Transit simpler than they could assume.
Our personal Jameson Dow acquired to drive a RIZON e18L mannequin at an occasion hosted by Velocity Truck Facilities at Irwindale Speedway final 12 months, and got here away impressed with the truck’s clean acceleration and adjustable regenerative braking.
RIZON will provide 4 mannequin variants for Canadian prospects, the e16L, e16M, e18L, and the e18M, with a variety of configurations and choices starting from 7.25 to eight.55 ton GVWRs.
Electrek’s Take
There’s positively a spot within the North American marketplace for an agile, easy-to-drive medium obligation truck just like the RIZON, and Daimler’s nationwide community of Freightliner and Western Star sellers ought to give first time MD consumers a bit extra peach of thoughts than they could get from a startup model.
You’ll be able to take a look at the specs on every of the RIZON electrical fashions, beneath, then tell us what you consider these new cabover EVs within the feedback.
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