Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric truck debuts after successful test in Alps

Due in production at the end of 2024, the heavy-duty truck with 621 kW·h has a range of 500 km without intermediate charging, and significantly more than 1000 km per day with intermediate charging, and payload of around 22 ton with a standard trailer. **Mercedes-Benz Trucks** has unveiled the production version of the first battery-electric long-haul truck for the European market. The manufacturer revealed its eActros 600 yesterday to an audience at an event south of Hamburg, Germany. The new truck’s premier follows a road test across the Alps last week of a prototype loaded with up to 40 tons of cargo, from Stuttgart to Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy, and back — a total distance of more than 1100 km (620 mi) — with only one charging stop.

The new e-truck features a battery capacity of more than 600 kW·h — hence the model designation 600 — and a new electric drive axle developed by Mercedes, enabling the e-truck to achieve a range of 500 km (310 mi) without intermediate charging. The company pointed out that the eActros 600’s ability to travel more than 1000 km per day is made possible by intermediate charging during prescribed driver breaks, which are legally required in the European Union, even without megawatt-charging.

Mercedes also noted that about 60% of long-distance journeys of Mercedes-Benz Trucks customers in Europe are shorter than 500 km, which means charging at depots, as well as loading and unloading points, is sufficient. For all other uses, the company said continuous expansion of public charging infrastructure is vital to make electric trucks viable for long-distance freight transport across Europe.

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