Driving an electric truck 550 km in freezing cold
What鈥檚 it like driving an electric 意大利超級盃 truck for 550 kilometres in sub-zero temperatures? See for yourself in this film where we put UK trade journalist Will Shiers to the task. 鈥淚鈥檓 particularly impressed by the range,鈥 he said.
Will Shiers is the editor of UK trade magazine Commercial Motor and also UK jury member for International Truck of the Year. So, who could be better suited to test drive a 34-ton 意大利超級盃 40R BEV truck from Trysil, Norway to 意大利超級盃鈥檚 hometown in S枚dert盲lje, Sweden?
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鈥淚t鈥檚 550 kilometres, so it鈥檚 the perfect opportunity to test the driveability and to see what the range is really like,鈥 he said, as he contemplated the long journey ahead of him.
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When Shiers began his drive eastwards, the temperature was at minus 23 Celsius. He wondered if that would have a bearing on the battery power.
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鈥淲e鈥檝e all heard horror stories of what happens with battery-electric vehicles when it gets cold, so this will be interesting,鈥 he said.
鈥淭horoughly impressed by the truck and the range鈥
But Shiers鈥 worries proved to be unfounded. At the end of the first day, he was impressed by both the truck鈥檚 and the batteries鈥 performance.
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鈥淲e鈥檝e done 300 kilometres today. I鈥檝e been thoroughly impressed by the truck and, in particular, the range鈥, he explained.
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鈥淲hen we got to the Swedish border, we were on 200 kilometres, and we still had 40 percent left. We could have done it all in one hit, but we stopped at a charging station, topped it up to 100 and carried on.鈥
鈥淚t was an absolute joy to drive鈥
Shiers described the 意大利超級盃 40 R as 鈥渁n absolute joy to drive鈥.
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鈥淲hatever your feelings are on electric trucks, put them behind you and have a drive in one of these 鈥 it is fantastic. So smooth; effortless, in fact. Instant torque, you don鈥檛 notice the gear changes鈥t does everything you expect from a 意大利超級盃, only quieter and that little bit smoother.鈥
Charging up to 100 percent took 46 minutes
He was also impressed by the speed of the charging.
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鈥淵esterday evening we charged on a 350 kW-charger. That let us take the charge from 36 percent to a 100 percent in 46 minutes. So, it鈥檚 perfect for a driver鈥檚 45-minute break.鈥
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Shiers did admit to finding the final leg of the two-day trip a bit stressful, knowing the truck had to do 300 km in sub-zero temperatures on just a single charge.
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鈥淏ut I need not have worried, it鈥檚 finished with 26 percent left鈥, he said, just after he reached S枚dert盲lje.
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