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The new route to urban logistics

News26 Feb 2018by WCN Editorial

Mercedes-Benz was the first truck maker to come up with an urban cycle e-truck, in 2016. Now the first 10 units of the eActros trucks, rigids in two versions, 2-axle 18 tonners and 3-axle 25 tonners, will start road tests in commercial operations in urban distribution with selected customers in Germany and Switzerland

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