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DB Schenker showed the intention to purchase at least 100 MAN eTrucks in the next few years. The very first electric trucks will be produced in a small series by MAN in 2024. The agreement signed between DB Schenker and MAN makes the German transportation company the very first pilot customer for MA...

The overall sales of the brands belonging to the TRATON Group overcame for the first time 300,000 units (+12%), including trucks, buses and vans. Incoming orders declined by 7%. Scania, MAN, Volkswagen C&O fell by 6 to 10%, Navistar sold almost 70,000 trucks.

Murat Aksel succeeds Stefan Gramse (46) at MAN Truck & Bus, who has been operationally in charge of the Procurement department at MAN since December 2021 and most recently as Board member.

Actually, the company expects that electric trucks will have a share of 60% in distribution applications and 40% in long-haul transport in 2030. So, it's quite important to treat batteries in the most efficient way from square one.

The central goal of the NEFTON project is the demonstration of the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) in the MAN eTruck. Now the project has been extended: to a charging power in the range of 3 megawatts. This is intended to test the newly specified MCS charging standard at an early stage.

MAN has already produced 20 prototypes of the future e-Lion in its innovative eMobility Centre at the main plant in Munich. Compared to a diesel truck in long-distance transport with an average consumption of 27 litres, a single electric truck can save up to 100 tonnes of CO2 per year over 120,000 k...