Daimler Truck AG and lithium-ion battery producer and developer Up to date Amperex Know-how Co. Restricted (CATL) have introduced the intensification of their current partnership primarily based on their shared imaginative and prescient of CO2-neutral electrified trucking. 

CATL would be the provider of lithium-ion battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul battery-electric truck, which is deliberate to be prepared for collection manufacturing in 2024. The availability will transcend 2030. 

The batteries will mix excessive power density with ultra-long cycle life in addition to fast-charging capability to fulfill the distinctive necessities of battery-electric long-haul vans. As well as, the businesses intend to collectively design and develop much more superior next-generation battery cells and packs for truck particular purposes, with a deal with excessive modularity and scalability as a way to assist completely different truck purposes and versatile compatibility with future e-truck fashions.

In 2019, Daimler Truck AG and CATL entered into a world lithium-ion battery cell modules provide settlement for electrical collection vans together with the Mercedes-Benz eActros, the Freightliner eCascadia and eM2. In September 2020, Daimler Truck AG introduced the eActros LongHaul, which may have a spread of about 500 kilometres for energy-efficient transport on plannable long-haul routes.