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With the recent launch of the next level of battery-electric vehicles, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has continued to expand its offer of electric trucks for a variety of urban and regional transport assignments.

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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s latest electric trucks come in both rigid and tractor formats, and R and S-series cabs are already available. Soon, the offer will be complemented by P and G-series cabs, which means you will be able to order ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s full cab programme.

The intensive development of tomorrow’s electrified transport solutions is inspiring many new technological ideas. One of those is ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s solar-powered truck, whose electrical propulsion is generated by energy provided by the vehicle’s own solar cells, sited in a trailer attached to a hybrid-electric vehicle.

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A finished prototype has been handed over to long-term ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ haulage customer and partner Ernst Express, who will test it in actual operational conditions on Swedish roads.

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The plug-in hybrid truck/tractor is connected to a trailer with additional batteries, which have 200 kWh of energy storage and act as a ‘power bank’ for the truck. They’re connected to the solar panel box that charges the power bank.

These findings come from a recent ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ study that compared the approximate cradle-to-grave carbon footprint of a battery-electric truck, with 40 tonnes gross train weight, used in regional haulage, with a diesel counterpart.

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The study found that if there is access to green electricity, the vehicles’ break-even point is approximately 37,000 kilometres. And with the current European grid mix, the CO2 break-even point is at around 59,000 kilometres.