MAN said it had reached a milestone after it delivered its first electric heavy-duty HGV, 100 years after it presented its first diesel truck.
The 40-tonne eTGX was handed over by MAN board member for sales, Friedrich Baumann, to automotive supplier Dräxlmaier and it will be used to transport batteries for the Porsche Macan Electric to the Porsche plant in Leipzig, with zero emissions.
The truck transports an average of 15.5 tonnes and two more eTGXs will follow by the end of the year.
MAN chief executive Alexander Vlaskamp said it was now entering a new electric era: “Our very first eTruck goes to Dräxlmaier,” he said.
“We are very pleased about the trust in MAN. After years of planning, development and many tens of thousands of kilometres of test drives, we are finally getting started.
“This is a real electric success story.”
MAN added that Dräxlmaier was not purchasing the HGV itself but was instead commissioning the transport.
The purchaser is MAN rental firm Business Fleet Services, which would rent the vehicle to Spedition Elflein.
Stefanie Kotschenreuther, Elflein MD, said: ‘We are delighted to be the first transport and logistics service provider to use the new MAN eTruck.
“This step underlines our commitment to sustainable transport solutions. E-trucks will make a further important contribution to the decarbonisation of the logistics industry.”
