Truck manufacturer MAN has announced it will start production of its electric long-haul truck in 2024 at its main plant in Munich.
It is hoped that long-distance daily ranges of up to 1,000 kilometres will be possible in the future due to developments in the megawatt charging system (MCS) – part of Project NEFTON which is expected to be available from 2025.
Variable battery configurations between 300 and 500 kWh of usable capacity mean the eTruck will be suitable for low-noise and emission-free waste disposal in the city or the more climate-friendly rural operations.
Around half of all trucks produced annually by MAN are to be electric by 2030. The company has already trained a total of 2,600 employees in high-voltage technology and will start making its own batteries in 2025, with the aim of producing around 100,000 annually from 2030.
MAN is also making intensive preparations for charging infrastructure, setting up 1,700 high-performance charging points for trucks along major European trunk roads over the next five years in a joint venture with TRATON and other partners.
Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO of MAN Truck & Bus, said:
“The technological upheaval is in full swing. As early as 2030, half of our trucks registered annually in Europe should be battery-electric. For this to succeed, we need the support of politicians: in the Europe-wide construction of around 50,000 public truck charging points and a CO2 price that makes e-trucks more economical than diesel,”
Vlaskamp was accompanied by Minister President Stephan Weil in the new MAN eTruck to mark the 180th birthday of commercial vehicle pioneer Heinrich Büssing at the MAN plant in Salzgitter.
The site, which was founded as a Büssing plant and was later taken over by MAN together with the traditional brand, will also play an important role for electric trucks in the future as part of the MAN plant network and the parent company TRATON with its focus on component production and spare parts logistics.
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