Mercedes-Benz Trucks Delivers First eActros 600 to Customers

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is delivering the eActros 600, a 500 km range electric truck, with 50 units to be handed over by year-end, advancing sustainable freight transport.

Leinfelden-Echterdingen- Mercedes-Benz Trucks has started delivering the eActros 600, with around 50 units to be handed over to customers in Germany by the end of the year. The deliveries are supported by funding from the German Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport. Initially, most of the vehicles will be sent to branches and dealers as demonstration models following the start of series production in November.

Mr. Stina Fagerman, Head of Marketing, Sales and Services Mercedes-Benz Trucks, said "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." 

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.

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). The funding policy is coordinated by the National Organization for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NOW GmbH), applications are approved by the Federal Office for Logistics and Mobility.