Production eCascadia ready for 230 miles of ‘typical range’

With no surprise but plenty of fanfare, Freightliner Trucks officially revealed the first production model of the all-electric version of its Cascadia at the ACT Expo in Long Beach, California, in May. Called, also unsurprisingly, the eCascadia, the new battery-electric truck has been talked about and tested in public for many years, but now the new Class 8 tractor is rolling off the production line and is making its way to customers.

The eCascadia will be offered with two battery-size options as well as either a single or tandem eAxle. Depending on those configurations, Freightliner Trucks, a division of Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA), said that the eCascadia will give operators a “typical range” of 230 miles (370 km). “Typical range” is DTNA's new way of explaining just how far one of its electric trucks can reasonably go - because talking about a typical range of 230 miles is easier to understand than the sentences that follow.