Mercedes-Benz Trucks is preparing to start public road trials of its battery-powered long-haul eActros with series production set to begin in 2024.
The eActros LongHaul will have a range of around 500 kilometres on one battery charge. It will also enable high-performance ‘megawatt’ charging.
It follows the market launch of the first eActros for heavy-duty distribution transport in 2021.
The Germany-based truck manufacturer reports the first prototypes of the 40-tonne truck are already undergoing internal tests and engineers are planning to start trials of the e-truck on public roads this year.
Mercedes-Benz Trucks is also preparing additional variants of the eActros – specifically of the eActros 300 and the eActros 400 – and, as early as July, the eEconic for municipal use is scheduled to roll off the production line at the Wörth plant.
The company says its goal is to increase the share of locally CO2-neutral new vehicles in Europe to more than 50% by 2030.
In order to further introduce truck customers from all over Europe to e-mobility, the manufacturer is organising an event lasting several weeks around the Wörth site starting in early June.
Experts from Mercedes-Benz Trucks will speak to around 1000 participants on the central aspects of e-mobility, from infrastructure and services to electric models. In addition, customers will have the opportunity to drive the eActros 300 on demanding routes and with realistic payloads.
“The tremendous interest in our eActros driving event in Wörth is further proof of the popularity e-mobility is already gaining with customers,” Mercedes-Benz Trucks chief executive Karin Rådström says.
“Customers are thus sending a strong signal to all stakeholders to combine efforts and quickly put more and more electric trucks on the road, expand the charging infrastructure and create cost parity,” she says.
