Battery-electric powered Mercedes-Benz eActros delivered to logistics provider Dachser.
- Logistics provider Dachser to operate the fully-electric, heavy-duty eActros in and around Stuttgart
- The 18-tonne truck makes deliveries to customers into the city center of Stuttgart and supplies Dachser’s microhub in the city’s Heslach district
- Daily distance of around 80 kilometres
- eActros is part of the Mercedes-Benz Trucks “innovation fleet” for testing the electric truck in practical operations
Stuttgart / Kornwestheim – Mercedes-Benz Trucks has delivered another locally emission-free and quiet eActros to a customer. International logistics provider Dachser integrates the fully-electric 18-tonne truck into its fleet, where the truck will be tested in regular operations in and around Stuttgart. The official handover of the vehicle took place at the Dachser logistics centre in Kornwestheim near Stuttgart. The eActros is part of the so-called “innovation fleet” from Mercedes-Benz Trucks for practical testing of the heavy-duty electric truck.
Martin Kehnen, Head of CharterWay Rental & Key Account Management for Germany at Mercedes-Benz Trucks explains: “The eActros has already proven itself in numerous practical operations as a clean and quiet alternative for urban distribution tasks. We are pleased to have teamed up with Dachser for practical testing of the eActros in yet another field of operations. With this, we want to gather valuable insights to help us further develop the vehicle towards series production.”
As part of practical testing of the eActros “innovation fleet”, the 18 or 25-tonne vehicles are put through their paces by 20 customers from various sectors as part of their regular daily operations. These customers also include global logistics providers such as Dachser, who will be testing the eActros for its suitability for daily operations in Stuttgart over the course of around a year. The tests of this “innovation fleet” consist of two phases, each with ten customers. Insights from these practical tests flow directly into further development of the eActros for series production. The aim is to make clean and quiet distribution in urban areas possible with heavy-duty trucks from 2021 onward. The first eActros has already been in operation with a customer since September 2018.
