MAN eTrucks hit the road in Germany
MAN Truck & Bus has started to deliver its fully electric heavy-duty trucks to customers. Automotive component supplier Dräxlmaier will use the first customer-owned MAN eTGX to transport batteries for the Macan electric car to the Porsche plant in Leipzig, with zero emissions.
MAN CEO Alexander Vlaskamp said: “This is a milestone in our company’s history. MAN presented the first diesel truck 100 years ago. Now we are entering a new electric era. Our very first eTruck goes to Dräxlmaier. We are very pleased about the trust in MAN. After years of planning, development and many tens of thousands of kilometres of test drives, we are finally getting started.”
The eTruck will be charged with electricity from renewable resources on the Dräxlmaier site.
The truck was purchased by Business Fleet Services (BFS), the largest MAN commercial vehicle rental company in Europe. BFS rents the vehicle to Spedition Elflein, which will then operates the truck on contract to Dräxlmaier.
The distance between the Dräxlmaier location and the customer’s plant in Leipzig is about five kilometres. The truck transports an average of 15.5 tonnes load. Two more vehicles are to follow by the end of the year, so that a total of three MAN eTGX will be in use with Dräxlmaier.
The MAN eTGX used by Dräxlmaier has 330 kW of electric motor power, and a battery capacity of 534 kWh (480 kWh useable) with six battery packs. It has a charging capacity of up to 375 kW via CCS and a fifth-wheel height of 950 mm allowing the use of a high-volume trailer. MAN said the eTGX offered the lowest fifth-wheel height and shortest wheelbase of any battery-electric tractor unit, allowing maximum choice when it came to trailer types.
