Battery Electric Vehicles
Zero-emission transport solutions
Leading the way
Several cities have announced that in the coming years they will only allow zero-emission vehicles into their city centers in order to improve local air quality. This means that fully electric trucks have a bright future. DAF offers a full range of vehicles and dedicated affiliated services to support you to make the transition.
The right zero emission solution for a suite of applications
DAF is leading the way in Battery Electric Vehicles, or BEVs. In 2018, DAF was the first to have introduced a full battery electric CF truck on the market, of which many are in daily operations with customers.
In the meantime, DAF has introduced a full range of Battery Electric trucks, providing the right zero emission solution for a suite of applications. By planning intelligently and by recharging the batteries when the opportunity arises – sometimes as little as half an hour is enough – it is already feasible to cover 1,000 electrical kilometers per day. This illustrates the significant steps that are made regarding battery capacity and ranges.
DAF’s 4 step approach to move to Electric
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Define your needs based on your specific situation
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Assess how new technologies fit in your logistical operations
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Define the optimal vehicle specification and charging equipment
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Support you in implementation and operations
The application of fully electric trucks requires a specific way of planning and operations for our customers. DAF makes this conversion as easy as possible, including advise how an electric truck delivers the highest return on investment in the daily operation. This includes tailor-made vehicle specification through DAF’s TOPEC sales system, full route calculations, dedicated driver training and also a full range of top quality PACCAR charging stations for the most optimal integration of truck and charging equipment.
Are you ready to charge?
As part of its full ‘zero emission’ service offering, DAF provides a full range of high-end solutions to charge the batteries. These include mobile chargers with power levels from 24 kW up to 40 kW to provide maximum flexibility. Fixed charging stations are available with power levels from 20 kW up to 360 kW, of which the latter represents an ultra-fast solution that can charge vehicles at full rated power in less than two hours or fast charge two vehicles simultaneously.
Flawless communication
The integration with the DAF fully electric trucks, the charging hardware and the network software is being taken care of by DAF and its partners, who have up to ten years of experience in the advanced charging industry. Where needed, we will conduct site assessments, energy modeling and engineering at your premises. We will also maintain the charging equipment. This ensures a flawless communication between the trucks and the chargers.
