MAN Truck & Bus

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The MAN eTrucks on the road

Our road to the Future

As a commercial vehicle manufacturer, MAN believes it has a special responsibility to protect the climate with all the powers at its disposal. In 2023, more than 96 per cent of our greenhouse gas emissions were generated by the use of our vehicles. We can therefore only achieve our climate and fleet targets with locally CO₂-free powertrains.

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Battery electric vehicles are the deciding factor for us on our road towards the future. Alongside these, hydrogen-powered vehicles could also play a role, and MAN is working on those too. Our aim is clear: by 2030, around 40 percent of MAN vehicles sold in Europe are expected to be fully electric. Since 2025, half of our new city buses use electric means of propulsion. By 2030, we predict that 90 per cent of our total bus sales will be delivered with locally CO₂-free powertrains.

However, the lack of charging infrastructure is still an obstacle to the wider adoption of battery electric vehicles. That’s why we are working with other manufacturers on solutions that can be implemented rapidly. We are also seeking dialogue with politicians to drive the issue forward for society as a whole.

Our strategy

MAN’s corporate strategy concentrates on future technologies. We regard it as our job to bring economy and ecology permanently into harmony – it’s a challenge for all of society and we want to do our part. To ensure that our efforts are committed and verifiable, we joined the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) in 2021.

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From the diesel engine to e-power

 

At the end of the day, diesel engines must be replaced as soon as possible by battery electric vehicles. We have concentrated our development activities in this area and are investing in new production facilities.

 

Alongside this, however, we are also working on hydrogen-based propulsion systems that can complement battery electric drive technologies: combustion engines and fuel cells. Hydrogen-powered vehicles could, for example, offer a solution for very remote areas without charging infrastructure. Special applications such as the transportation of heavy loads by road could also represent potential applications due to their high demands on performance and tank capacity.

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96 per cent

of our greenhouse gas emissions can be traced back to the MAN fleet.

Our technologies

Our focus is on battery electric commercial vehicles – trucks, vans and buses. That’s why we have been working with our partner brands within the TRATON Group on projects such as new platforms for the electric models of the future.

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The Battery Is Key 

The battery plays a crucial role in this. We are planning major advances in range and charging time. To remain at the forefront of technological development, we are electrifying our long-established combustion-engine production facility in Nuremberg, which has a history spanning around 180 years, and have established large-scale production of the high-voltage batteries for our electric vehicles there. 

To this end, we are investing almost €100 million over the next few years, securing around 350 jobs in a technology of the future. Since 2025, 100,000 battery packs have been rolling off the production line in Nuremberg every year. 

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100 million euros

That’s how much we are investing in battery production over the next five years, securing some 350 jobs in this future technology.

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100,000

batteries roll off the production lines in Nuremberg each year since 2025.

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Hydrogen for commercial vehicles

MAN regards hydrogen combustion and hydrogen fuel cell engines as a complement to our purely battery electric drive systems. MAN is currently working with industry partners Bosch, Forvia and ZF on the “Bavarian Fleet” (Bayernflotte) project to develop a fuel cell truck, due to be trialled with five customers. The state of Bavaria is backing the “Bavarian Fleet” research project to the tune of around 8.5 million euros.

Hydrogen combustion engines could be the ideal complement to battery electric or fuel cell drive systems for special applications. That’s why MAN is continuing to develop these technologies for the transport of heavy goods – for instance on building sites, for tanker transport or timber haulage. As the basis for our hydrogen combustion engines, we are using our company’s own engine technology, proven over many decades.

MAN released a small production run of the hTGX, powered by a hydrogen combustion engine. It is based on our TG range of vehicles, guaranteeing high performance, reliable quality and ease of maintenance. Delivery of the first vehicles to customers in Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates started in 2025.

In the longer term, MAN sees further applications for hydrogen combustion engines primarily in the MAN Engines product ranges, as drive units for ships, heavy agricultural and construction machinery, electricity generators and combined heat and power plants.

Our products

Since their market launch in 2019, our Lion’s City E battery-electric city buses have become a success story. More than 3,300 vehicles have already been produced and delivered to customers throughout Europe. The year-on-year increase in sales figures is impressive evidence of this dynamic growth. Around one in every two MAN city buses sold in Europe is now electrically powered. 

Alongside the reliability and range of the Lion’s City E, this success is also based on our broad and continuously expanding portfolio of electric buses. We are currently working to electrify our range of coaches. Unveiled at Busworld 2025, the fully electric Lion’s Coach E marks the beginning of a new era in travel, with the first vehicles scheduled for delivery to customers by the end of 2026. The Lion’s Chassis E also enables us to serve international markets outside Europe. 

The MAN eTruck entered service with its first customers in 2024, and we have been manufacturing heavy-duty eTrucks in series at our Munich plant since summer 2025. Series production of light-duty eTrucks began at the MAN plant in Kraków, Poland, in mid-2026, with medium-duty trucks set to follow later in the year. In September 2026, the new MAN eTGX was unveiled at IAA Transportation in Hanover. Our customers benefit from low operating costs, making battery-electric vehicles a suitable powertrain technology for commercial vehicles with locally CO₂-free operation. In terms of its wide range of applications and possible body configurations, the MAN eTruck is every bit the equal of today’s diesel trucks. 

Our commitment

We are at the beginning of our shared journey towards the mobility of the future, and we are doing everything we can to accelerate this transformation. 

 

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Nevertheless, high acquisition costs and the lack of a comprehensive charging infrastructure on major routes are currently still an obstacle. To speed up the rapid spread of alternative propulsion systems, we need a suitable political framework and investments in the refuelling and charging infrastructure. The transition will only be a success if either the costs of use are lower than for other drive options – trucks and buses are investment goods and companies need them to be profitable – or legal frameworks, such as extended delivery windows or preferential access, provide the stimulus for the switch.

That is why we are engaging in dialogue with policymakers so that we can work together to achieve a rapid transformation of the mobility sector. But we are also leading the way as a commercial vehicle industry: the TRATON GROUP, of which MAN Truck & Bus is part, has founded the Milence joint venture. Together with Volvo Trucks and Daimler Truck, it will build and operate around 1,700 high-performance charging stations across Europe over the coming years.