The start of zero-emission long-haul transport

It is a pioneer in its class: with a hitching height of just 950 millimetres, a very short wheelbase of 3.75 metres and yet maximum battery capacity, the MAN eTGX delivers a range of around 500 kilometres. This makes it ideal for applications in which maximum loading volumes with an internal height of up to three metres are crucial. At the same time, the eTrucks emit zero local emissions and therefore contribute towards climate protection.

Impressive – even in the eyes of the globally active logistics service provider Dachser, which has already been using battery electric vehicles for inner-city deliveries with zero local emissions since 2015. At three e-mobility sites in Germany, the company is testing primarily zero-emission trucks for general cargo logistics as well as the interaction of photovoltaic systems, battery storage units, intelligent charging systems and charging infrastructure.

Mega trailer with mega load volumes

At the end of February, the company extended its ever-growing eTruck fleet for volume transport, putting twelve MAN eTGX trucks into operation. These new mega trailers have an additional 20 centimetres of internal height, as the loading surface is just 100 centimetres above the road surface. With the length and width unchanged, and a total height that is less than the four metres permissible in Germany, this increases the available loading space by eight cubic metres. With double-deck loading, a mega trailer provides space for 67 Euro pallets.

Ready for action: the twelve MAN eTGX ultra-lowliners for Dachser are waiting to be picked up.

Including the twelve new MAN eTGXs, Dachser now has over 120 eTrucks in operation throughout Europe for short-haul and long-haul transport. “For Dachser, this is a further step towards making eTrucks fully workable for long-haul transport,” explained Stefan Hohm, Chief Development Officer at Dachser, who received the new electric trucks in Munich from Dr. Frederik Zohm, MAN Executive Board Member for Research and Development.

“The fact that big logistics companies like Dachser are successfully equipping their fleets with electric trucks shows that the transition to zero-emission drives in logistics is becoming a reality,” said Dr. Frederik Zohm on the occasion of the official handover. “With its modular battery concept and its adaptability to all common transport applications, the MAN eTruck is designed to ensure that our customers do not have to make any sacrifices compared to a conventionally driven truck.” In addition to the MAN eTGX and eTGS for heavy transport tasks, the MAN eTGL for light distribution transport rounds off the MAN electric truck portfolio.