Introducing the Windrose E1400 long range electric semi tractor, soon to arrive in New Zealand.
Timing
- The first Windrose E1400 demonstrator will arrive in late September 2024.
- We will be able to accept orders for production trucks by mid 2025.
Recent Budget Announcement
- The grant scheme for clean heavy vehicles was announced in the recent budget.
- The quantum is $30 million over three years.
- The grant scheme will mean a significant rebate on large BEV trucks like the Windrose.
- Full details available in August.
Manufacture
- The trucks for New Zealand will be assembled by Higer near Shanghai.
Rating
- The maximum GCM of the Windrose E1400 will be 58t for the New Zealand market.
- This will allow the truck to operate under HPMV permitting with Quad Semi and B Double configurations initially.
Battery choice
- We have chosen LFP batteries for New Zealand.
- They can offer a life of 3,000 cycles or more.
- At 600km per charge that means 1,800,000 km of battery life.
Charging
- The Windrose E1400 can be configured with megawatt charging (MCS) or dual gun CCS2. Either system will allow the addition of 400km of range in 35 minutes of charging.
- This is an important consideration to future proof the trucks.
Duration
- The Windrose E1400 has a loaded range (49t) of 670km (CHTC-TT)
- Under New Zealand conditions it will be somewhat less, depending on trailer configurations etc.
- However the truck will be capable of Auckland to Wellington with minimal on highway charging.
- Then around half an hour charging and Picton to Christchurch is possible.
- Then around another half hour charge and carry on to Dunedin.
Battery lease / battery as a service
- We have partnered with Zenobe to offer a 10-year battery lease, if requested by the customers.
- That takes the battery ownership risk away completely.
Zenobe Services
- Battery monitoring & performance validation
- Initial battery acceptance testing
- One battery replacement in the 10 year lease
- Zenobe take risk if truck off road due to battery issue
- Warranty on battery sits with Zenobe
- Used batteries repurposed into second life applications.
Energy savings
For TCO on the Windrose E1400 this is an estimate of the potential energy savings.
Kilometres | Efficiency | Fuel cost | Total Annual Cost | |
Diesel use (at 45t GCM) | 100,000 | 50 l/100km | $1.70/litre | $85,000 |
Electricity | 100,000 | 1.2 kWh/km | 15c/kWh | $18,000 |
Annual Energy Savings | $67,000 |
Duration
- A recent test at 26t GCM for Decathalon resulted in 913km duration without top up charging.
- On another test from Beijing to Guangzhou at 49t GCM, the journey of 2253km was achieved with only two on highway charging sessions.
A video of the Windrose in California.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNxlnwIx2kg
In Las Vegas, Europe ,Wall St and Times Square
General Specifications
- Windrose 6×4 semi tractor
- 729kWh LFP battery
- Loaded range (49t) of 670km (CHTC-TT)
- Tare 11,975kg
- GCM 58,000kg
- Four motor continuous power up to 680kW (900hp)
- Maximum driving power is 1040kW (1400hp)
- Drag coefficient 0.2755
- Full-load 0-100kph acceleration time is 22 seconds
- Top speed is 120kph
- Driving cabin space 8.2m3
- Double wishbone front independent suspension
- 10 air bag suspension
- 800V high voltage platform
- 870kW charging via dual 600A guns
- Also equipped for MCS charging
- 35 min charging can add full load driving 400 km,
- 270 ° surround view + rear image,
- LDW, FCW,AEB, ACC, BSD, DOW, CSW, TSR, LKA, LCC, IHBC, MALSO, TPMS, ESC, DMS
- L3, L4 advanced driving assistance
- AR-HUD
Warranty 5 years or 600,000km (battery, drive axles, HV etc)
The flat floor cab has remarkably low entry for such a big truck.
A remarkable amount of data available via the info screens.
- LDW lane departure warning
- FCW frontal collision warning
- AEB automatic emergency braking
- ACC active cruise control
- BSD blind spot detection
- DOW doppler on wheels
- CSW curve speed warning
- TSR traffic sign recognition
- LKA lane keep assist
- LCC life cycle cost
- IHBC intelligent high beam control
- MALSO manoeuvring aids low speed operation
- TPMS tyre pressure monitoring
- ESC electronic stability control
- DMS driver monitoring systems
- AR-HUD augmented reality heads up display
Diesel truck fuel consumption data source: