Mercedes officially starts producing the eActros 600 at the company’s Wörth site
The eActros 600 will be manufactured on the existing assembly line of the Wörth A-series production, in parallel with and flexibly alongside the trucks that will receive a diesel drive. The eActros 600 also receives all electrical components in this production hall. First deliveries are expected at the beginning of next year.
Today, November 22nd, Mercedes-Benz Trucks officially celebrated the start of series production of the well-anticipated eActros 600, the first electric truck model conceived for long haulage. The start was made in the presence of Karin Rådström, CEO of Daimler Truck, and Daniela Schmitt, State Minister for Economics, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate as well as Jürgen Distl, Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks Operations, Andreas Bachhofer, Head of the Wörth site and Production at Mercedes-Benz Trucks, and Michael Brecht, Chairman of the Group and General Works Council of Daimler Truck.
The eActros 600 will be manufactured on the existing assembly line of the Wörth A-series production, in parallel with and flexibly alongside the trucks that will receive a diesel drive. The eActros 600 also receives all electrical components in this production hall. The eActros 600 is thus the first electric truck from Wörth where assembly takes place in one production hall, as the previous eActros 300/400 and eEconic electric truck models leave the production hall for the assembly of the electric drive components in order to be electrified at the Future Truck Center in Wörth.
Mercedes eActros 600: revsied and optimized value chain
The Daimler Truck plants in Mannheim, Kassel and Gaggenau also play an important role in the production of the eActros 600. They supply the components required for the battery-electric drive, such as the electric axle, transmission components and the front box.
“The start of series production of our eActros 600 is a further proof of our ambition to transform the industry. With a range of 500 kilometers on a single battery charge, our eActros 600 is addressing the long-haul segment in Europe which is responsible for two-thirds of CO2 emissions from heavy road freight. Our battery-electric long-haul truck will therefore make a real difference”, commented Karin Rådström, CEO of Daimler Truck.
