Milestone in Leipzig

In the future, the MAN eTGX will transport batteries fully electrically from the DRÄXLMAIER site to the Porsche plant in Leipzig – an average of 15.5 tonnes per trip. The distance is 4.5 kilometres. This is no problem for the electric truck, because the eTGX for DRÄXLMAIER has a gross battery capacity of 534 kWh. It also impresses with an innovative design and a fully digital driver's workplace, which was specially designed for the eTruck. With its charging capacity of up to 375 kW via CCS and a fifth-wheel height starting at 950 millimeters, the eTruck is setting new standards.

The eTGX is to be charged exclusively on the premises of the DRÄXLMAIER plant – with green electricity from renewable resources. Alexander Vlaskamp: ‘This is a real electric success story.’

Electric in the supply chain

A total of three eTGX are to be used by DRÄXLMAIER – two more vehicles will follow by the end of 2024. ‘By using the MAN eTruck, we are achieving complete electrification for our customer and reaffirming our commitment to making logistics processes more sustainable and future-oriented. In doing so, we are fulfilling a central aspect of our understanding of sustainability: reducing emissions in the supply chain,’ says Felix Klimas, Head of Supply Chain Management at the DRÄXLMAIER Group. Karsten Wilhelm, Site Manager at DRÄXLMAIER Leipzig, adds: ’We are proud that we will be supplying our customer with an eTruck in the future. The Leipzig battery plant is thus making a direct contribution to more sustainable logistics processes.’

DRÄXLMAIER is not purchasing the vehicle itself, but is commissioning the transport. The vehicle was purchased by Business Fleet Services (BFS), the largest MAN commercial vehicle rental company in Europe. BFS is renting the vehicle to Spedition Elflein, which will then operate the truck. ‘As the largest rental company for MAN commercial vehicles in Europe, we are very pleased to be part of this historic milestone and to usher in the new electric era together with MAN and our customers,’ says Jan Plieninger, Managing Director of BFS. ’With the acquisition of the first MAN eTGX, we are once again demonstrating our pioneering role in forward-looking solutions for sustainable mobility.’

Suitable for all trailers

A unique selling point of the MAN eTruck is its ability to pull any trailer as the only truck in its class with the shortest wheelbase in its class and as a low-loader. The most powerful version of the MAN eTruck available has 598 hp (440 kW) and, with a seventh high-voltage battery, achieves a range of up to 720 kilometres – in everyday long-haul operation this amounts to over 600 kilometres. The MAN eTGX and MAN eTGS are also available with the megawatt charging standard MCS, which will in future allow charging capacities of one megawatt and more. The vehicles are also economically convincing: depending on the country of use, the electric models are already cheaper than conventional diesel trucks after just three to five years.

A total of more than 2,500 orders and order requests have already been received for the eTruck. Together with the eTGL, the eTruck's ‘little brother’ that was presented at the IAA 2024, MAN now offers its customers a complete portfolio of electric trucks from 12 to 50 tonnes. ‘We expect that by 2030, around half of all MAN trucks delivered will be battery-electric,’ said MAN Chief Sales Officer Friedrich Baumann.