Sustainable Truck of the Year 2024: watch the video of the awarding ceremony

The awarding ceremony of the Sustainable Truck of the Year 2024 Awards was held on January 31. The only European awards addressed to sustainable commercial vehicles are divided into three categories: Tractor with GVW up to 44 ton, Distribution with GVW up to 26 ton and Van with GVW up to 3,5 ton. This year, MAN TGX 18.520, DAF XD Electric and IVECO eDaily won the awards in the three categories. The ceremony saw the participation of Felipe Rodriguez, heavy-duty vehicle program director at ICCT, the International Council on Clean Transportation.

Highlights

Milence, the joint venture shared by Volvo, Daimler Truck and Traton, aims to deploy at least 1,700 hi-speed charging points by 2027 along the main European freight corridors. The very first hubs are being opened, but there's still a lot of work to do. And no time to lose.

Developers from Mercedes-Benz Trucks successfully charged for the first time a prototype of the eActros 600, which was presented last year, at a charging station with an output of one megawatt at the in-house development and testing center in Wörth am Rhein.

DB Schenker had pre-ordered 1,500 Volta Zero electric trucks before the bankruptcy of Volta Trucks. Now the German logistics group says it is ready to resume testing and "welcome the first serial vehicles as soon as possible." No confirmation from DB Schenker, however, on the size of the possible ne...

The first issue of Sustainable Truck&Van magazine 2024 will be released in April through our website and social media channels and distributed from May 20 to 23 at ACT Expo, Las Vegas. The second issue will be out in September and distributed at IAA Transportation, Hannover.

The chat was about the challenging energy transition scenario involving heavy-duty vehicles in Europe, but also about electrification, charging hubs and the incoming policy trends involving the future of transportation in Europe.

The awards went to MAN TGX 18.520 in the Tractor category; DAF XD Electric in the Distribution category and to IVECO eDaily in the Van category. The awarding ceremony also hosted an interview with Felipe Rodriguez, Director of the ICCT Heavy-duty Vehicle Program and Deputy Manager of ICCT Europe.

The awards went to DAF XG Plus 480 in the Tractor category; Mercedes-Benz eActros in the Distribution category and to Ford E-Transit in the Van category. This year, for the second time in a row, two out of three vehicles awarded are full electric.

The seventh edition of the international award does not change its formula: three categories will be awarded again this year. The Van category for vehicles with up to 3.5 tons payload; Distribution for 2-axle or 3-axle vehicles up to 26 tons of GVW; finally, Tractor for 'heavy' road vehicles up to 4...

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Sustainable Truck of the Year 2024: watch the video of the awarding ceremony

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