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No need to mention the electric pickup truck. The heavy truck with a load of 27 tons now uses an electric motor. The new Fe electric (FE electric version) has just been officially launched in Europe. Unlike semi trucks, the Fe electric version is not a concept car, but a production car made by Volvo trucks in Sweden. Volvo truck is the commercial vehicle branch of Volvo Group. Since Volvo car was sold to Volvo Group in 1999, Volvo truck has been operating independently, with Renault in France, mark in the United States and UD trucks in Japan. The electric version of Volvo Fe is based on the conventional diesel powered Volvo Fe, which is specially designed for logistics distribution, infrastructure, public construction and refrigerated transport vehicles in urban and remote areas. In terms of design, the appearance of the new car is almost the same as that of the diesel powered brother car. In addition to the absence of gearshift lever, the same equipment is shared in the cab, and the chassis, front and rear axles and suspension are exactly the same. However, the Volvo Fe electric version replaces the huge six cylinder Volvo d8k diesel engine installed under the cab in terms of power. It is equipped with two longitudinal motors installed side by side in the middle of the chassis. The rear axle is driven by two speed and traditional transmission shaft. The maximum power output of the whole system is 536 HP, and the peak torque of 850 nm can be provided from 0 rpm. In contrast, the most powerful 7.7L d8k diesel engine only produces 350 HP at 2100 rpm, while the peak torque of 1400 nm can be generated at 1200-1600 rpm, matching with 6-speed or 9-speed traditional manual transmission, 6-speed automatic transmission or Volvo special 12 Speed I-Shift double clutch automatic transmission. The electric motor of Volvo Fe electric version is powered by four groups, and two battery groups are installed on both sides of the chassis, replacing the diesel tank installed on the traditional truck. It is reported that the total installed capacity of the battery pack is 200 kwh, making the endurance of logistics distribution vehicles reach 200 km, while the endurance of more heavy garbage trucks or construction vehicles is 120 km. At the same time, depending on the duty cycle, the service life of the new car is 8 to 10 years. In addition, a separate motor (94 HP and 240 nm or 135 HP and 530 nm respectively) can be installed in the new car as the power take-off equipment to drive the hydraulic system, such as tailboard lifting equipment or garbage truck loading equipment. The electric version of Volvo Fe is not as hard to drive as before. Now it feels very easy to drive: the huge torque makes the new car run smoothly, and the 2-speed gearbox is convenient to achieve easy cruising speed; the steering gear ratio is relatively low, which means that the wheels need to be turned many times in a tight corner; the brake pedal is very small, even hard to find, fixed on the accelerator pedal and the steering straight through the floor Between strings. Want to brake with your left foot? That's impossible. After lifting the accelerator, the Fe electric version cruises. As engineers build the taycan process, Volvo truck engineers recognize that maintaining kinetic energy is much more effective than dealing with the inherent energy loss of the brake energy recovery system. The energy recovery system can be activated by lightly depressing the brake pedal, while the mechanical braking can be carried out by firmly depressing the brake pedal. When you start to drive and brake, the huge mass and kinetic energy will be unaccustomed. At first, the truck didn't slow down as expected, but after some practice, it can handle it freely. Conventional powered Volvo Fe trucks are designed for short-distance, urban, and cross regional work, so there is no problem replacing the electric powertrain. Thanks to the modern tracking and logistics system, truck drivers can know exactly where their cars are and how far they can drive at work, and can use a 150 kW charging device to charge them during lunch time, thus greatly reducing the anxiety caused by the uncertainty of electric vehicle mileage. What's more, the electric version of Volvo Fe runs very quietly, so it can deliver goods at night in the urban area, which means that it can make more effective use of the existing road infrastructure, for those urban residents, it can reduce the congestion during the day, and for truck drivers, less road traffic can reduce the working cycle time, which is beneficial. Volvo Fe electric version has been launched in Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and Norway. Volvo truck company is trying to improve its production capacity to cover the rest of Europe. For more information about the electric version of Volvo Fe, please pay attention to the follow-up reports of sina motors.