general manager and Paccar vice president, said in a statement Nov. “Many of the technologies developed in the earlier SuperTruck programs were deployed in production vehicles, benefiting the environment and Paccar’s customers,” Kevin Baney, Kenworth Truck Co. Paccar was awarded $33 million to develop eighteen Class 8 battery electric and fuel cell vehicles with advanced batteries and a megawatt charging station. “We are grateful to be selected once again for DOE funding for SuperTruck 3 as our project scope includes a multitude of green technologies, including battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell drivetrains, as well as related charging infrastructure for a planned 400-mile logistics corridor across several mid-Atlantic states,” Keith Brandis, vice president of partnerships and strategic solutions at Volvo Group North America, told Transport Topics. Rainer Mueller-Finkeldei, DTNA senior vice president of engineering and technology
We remain laser-focused on our goal to electrify our trucks. Volvo got $18.1 million to develop a 400-mile-range Class 8 battery-electric tractor-trailer with advanced aerodynamics, electric braking, EV optimized tires, automation and route planning. “Through DOE’s SuperTruck 3 program, we will be able to more quickly investigate high-risk, high-reward technologies.”ĭaimler was awarded $25.8 million to develop and demonstrate two Class 8 fuel cell trucks with 600-mile range, 25,000-hour durability, and equivalent payload capacity and range to diesel. “We remain laser-focused on our goal to electrify our trucks and to help build the necessary infrastructure,” said Rainer Mueller-Finkeldei, DTNA senior vice president of engineering and technology. The recipients also must match the funding. The projects will be funded over five years and are subject to appropriations. The bulk of the funding went to the SuperTruck 3 initiative recipients. Now in its third generation, participants will work to improve medium- and heavy-duty truck efficiencies and reduce emissions in freight transportation. The second iteration sought to double fuel efficiency for 18-wheelers. The Department of Energy aunched the SuperTruck Initiative in 2009 to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency.
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