FUSO Canter Eco Hybrid takes the “European Transport Sustainability Prize 2014”
www.chinatrucks.com: Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), one of Asia’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, today announced that its Canter Eco Hybrid light-duty truck has been awarded the “European Transport Sustainability Prize 2014.” The prize is awarded every other year by Huss-Verlag, publishers of “Transport” – a specialist magazine for goods transportation – for exceptional contributions to sustainability in the field of commercial vehicles.
A specialist jury consisting of seven representatives from the fields of economy, science and the media, evaluated the contenders for the awards in 15 categories, in terms of economy, ecology and social responsibility.
In the category “Distribution Trucks under 12 tons,” the Canter Eco Hybrid was the winner, with a clear advantage over its competitors. The lightweight truck’s innovative hybrid concept has been in production at MFTBC’s production facility located in Tramagal, Portugal, since the third quarter of 2012. This makes the Canter Eco Hybrid the first series-produced truck of its class made in Europe.
The basis of its top-level economy is its further-developed highly efficient drive system technology. It is based on a parallel-type hybrid architecture with an additional electric motor between clutch and transmission, developed by Daimler Trucks in its Global Hybrid Center in Japan. Energy for the electric motor is provided by lithium-ion batteries. Every time the brakes are applied, the batteries are replenished through recuperation, i.e. the conversion of kinetic energy into electric current.
“We are extremely pleased to have received the European Transport Sustainability Prize. This award strengthens my own conviction, and that of my marketing team, that economical, innovative hybrid concepts are becoming increasingly widespread, and meeting with ever-growing acceptance on our continent, too. It thus comes as no surprise that there are already about 2,000 units of the Canter Hybrid in the hands of customers all around the world”, said Pius Dettling, Head of Fuso Sales & Marketing Europe, at the awards ceremony in Munich.
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