“Commercial vehicle manufacturers in electric mode in Hanover”
Electric drives for commercial vehicles in city traffic will become profitable in a few years, said Wolfgang Bernhard, member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). “In 2020, cell prices and the battery power will be at a point where the technology becomes profitable,” said Bernhard, ahead of tomorrow’s opening of the international trade fair IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hanover. For long-distance commercial traffic, diesel motors will remain the leading system for a while, writes Carsten Knop in a separate opinion piece in FAZ. Daimler announced in a press release that the company will start with the series production of a commercial van with e-drive for “customers who use their vehicles for urban deliveries” in 2018.