Scania has won the German Green Truck 2020 award for the fourth consecutive year based on leading fuel efficiency.
The competition puts truck brands to the test with lowest fuel consumption the single focus.
The event is organised by leading German trade magazines, Trucker and VerkehrsRundschau.
For the 2020 award, a GTW of 40 tonnes and over 500hp was stipulated for the 360km test track north of Munich.
Scania was among three premium brands with its R 540 which showed the lowest fuel consumption can be combined with the highest average speed.
Testing is rigorously monitored and takes place on public roads north of Munich during a week in September. Conditions such as traffic and weather are compensated for by the use of a reference truck and all trucks have the same brand of tyres with the same wear and pressure.
With an average fuel consumption of 25.14 litre/100 km and an average speed of 80.42 km/h, Scania once again proved to be the most fuel-efficient truck in the battle for the Green Truck award. The 2020 victory was Scania’s fifth win since the annual award was established in 2013.
“Winning this award in four consecutive years, and with different GTW and engine power parameters, proves what so many European customers have already found, namely that Scania is the fuel champion in long-distance haulage,” Scania Trucks senior vice president Stefan Dorski says.
“These flattering results make a difference not only for our customers’ profitability but also represent a vital contribution in reaching Scania’s science-based CO2 targets under the Paris agreement.
“The internal combustion engine and diesel fuel will be main pillars of road transport systems for the rest of this decade, that is why continuous improvement of fuel efficiency is so important.
“Although renewable fuels and electrification is the future, this result is still a great achievement by Scania,” Dorski says.
