Mercedes-Benz Vans is planning for this summer time essentially the most intensive take a look at run within the historical past of the corporate – with its new electrical flagship eActros 600. The intention is for 2 near-series prototypes of the battery-electric long-haul truck to journey throughout greater than 20 European international locations, every finishing greater than 13,000 kilometers with 40 tons whole towing weight.
With this enterprise, Mercedes-Benz Vans is pursuing the target of gaining intensive expertise on a variety of routes in numerous topographies and local weather zones with an eye fixed on power consumption. The producer intends to then share these findings with clients. Secondly, Mercedes-Benz Vans needs to make use of the tour to show that the eActros 600 makes purely battery-electric, transnational long-distance haulage potential in Europe.
As an illustration, the intention is to cost the batteries solely at public charging stations. Even when the build up of a seamless public truck charging infrastructure continues to be crucial for the additional market ramp-up for e-trucks, the journey dubbed “eActros 600 European Testing Tour 2024” is meant to ship a optimistic sign to all events concerned.
The excessive battery capability of greater than 600 kilowatt hours and a brand new, significantly environment friendly electrical drive axle developed in-house, allow the eActros 600 to realize a spread of 500 kilometers with out intermediate charging.
The eActros 600 European Testing Tour is scheduled to begin in Frankfurt/Principal on June 11 and is deliberate to be accompanied by communication actions. Unofficially, the tour will already start the day earlier than at Mercedes-Benz Vans’ web site in Wörth am Rhein and at Daimler Truck AG’s headquarters in Leinfelden-Echterdingen. Mercedes-Benz Vans is planning to current additional particulars such because the route in reference to the beginning of the tour.
