Mercedes eActros 600, very first customer deliveries start in Germany
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has got the target to hand over around 50 battery-electric long-haul trucks to customers in Germany by the end of this year. The majority of the eActros 600 vehicles produced in the first months after the start of series production will initially be sent to branches and dealers as demonstration vehicles.
The Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 celebrated the start of series production on November 22nd at the end of November at the Wörth plant: here’s our post about that event. Now, the first customer deliveries have taken place in the company’s homeland, as well. Mercedes-Benz Trucks has got the target to hand over around 50 battery-electric long-haul trucks to customers in Germany by the end of this year. The majority of the eActros 600 vehicles produced in the first months after the start of series production will initially be sent to branches and dealers as demonstration vehicles.
Indeed, the first customers to receive the eActros 600 this year include August Gschwander Transport GmbH, Blue Känguru GmbH, Brummer Logistik GmbH, Contargo GmbH & Co. KG, CONTRAIL-Transport GmbH & Co. KG, DENKINGER Internationale Spedition GmbH, Ralf Reyser Transporte & Logistik, SCHADE Logistic GmbH and Wessels Holding GmbH & Co. KG.
Mercedes eActros 600: benefits from the German institutions
For the purchase of the now delivered eActros 600, customers received benefits from the German Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport’s policy on the promotion of light and heavy commercial vehicles with alternative, climate-friendly drive systems and associated fuelling and charging infrastructure (KsNI).
“With its 500 km range as a 40-ton truck without intermediate charging, the eActros 600 is a real Gamechanger for the electrification of long-distance transport. With its very high energy efficiency, the eActros 600 will also be profitable for fleet operators. The fact that we are now handing over the first series production vehicles to our customers is a very special milestone for us and our customers in the transformation towards sustainable freight transport. Long-distance truck transport accounts for around two thirds of the CO2 emissions of heavy-duty road freight transport in Europe”, commented Stina Fagerman, Head of Marketing, Sales and Services Mercedes-Benz Trucks (here’s our interview with her at IAA 2024).
