Extra Than 15,000 Kilometers Traveled: All-Electrical Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 Testing Tour

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Greater than 15,000 kilometers traveled all-electric: Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 testing tour all through Europe accomplished efficiently

Mercedes-Benz Vans efficiently took its eActros 600 European Tour throughout the ending line. After a 45-day all-electric growth journey by way of a complete of twenty-two nations, the 2 near-series prototypes of the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 arrived again in Wörth am Rhein, protected and sound with over 15,000 kilometers extra on the clock. The 2 e-trucks lined precisely 15,269 and 15,939 kilometers respectively throughout this time and so they accomplished the journey with a 40-ton gross mixture mass. Alongside all the route, the builders charged the 2 long-haul vehicles completely at public charging factors.

Christof Weber, Head of World Testing Mercedes-Benz Vans: “The 2 take a look at autos mastered the tour with prime marks. We will look again on nearly seven weeks of thrilling experiences and encounters that enabled us to gather many worthwhile insights. Such a monumental journey requires meticulous preparation and planning, particularly with regard to charging at public infrastructure. Even when our experiences with charging stops diverse significantly in some instances, it was obvious that battery-electric long-distance haulage is possible. The eActros 600’s 500 kilometers vary with out intermediate charging was all the time a dependable planning issue.”

The tour was accompanied by some 30 journalists from 20 European nations, most of whom took their very own flip on the wheel. “I’d notably wish to thank the colleagues who organized and offered help for this journey and who introduced our vehicles again, protected and sound, to Wörth – I embody the various media representatives who had been a everlasting function of our take a look at group for all the length of the tour,” Weber continues.

The producer will present info on the precise insights and outcomes from the “Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 European Testing Tour 2024” as a part of the IAA Transportation in Hanover in September.

The northernmost and southernmost factors in Europe as tour highlights

The tour formally began out from Frankfurt am Essential on June 11. After touring north by way of Germany, Denmark and Sweden, the 2 vehicles reached the primary main stage spotlight, proper on time for Midsummer: The North Cape in Norway, essentially the most northerly level in Europe that may be reached by street. From the tip of June, the convoy’s onward route turned south by way of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, France and Spain. After a cease in Tarifa, Spain, the southernmost place in Continental Europe, which additionally marked the subsequent main tour spotlight, the journey as soon as once more took a northerly route – again to Germany through Portugal, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Gaining experiences on a variety of routes with a watch on power consumption

With the “eActros 600 European Testing Tour 2024”, Mercedes-Benz Vans meant to realize in depth expertise on a variety of routes in numerous topographies and local weather zones with a watch on power consumption. The producer intends to then share these findings with clients.

The excessive battery capability of over 600 kilowatt hours[1] and a brand new, notably environment friendly electrical drive axle developed in-house allow the eActros 600 to realize a variety of 500 kilometers[2] with out intermediate charging.

Concerning the eActros 600

Round 60 p.c of long-distance journeys of Mercedes-Benz Vans clients in Europe are shorter than 500 kilometers, which suggests charging infrastructure on the depot and on the loading and unloading factors is enough in such instances. For all different makes use of, continuous enlargement of public charging infrastructure is significant in an effort to make the electrical truck viable for long-distance haulage throughout Europe. Along with CCS charging with as much as 400 kW, the eActros 600 will later additionally allow megawatt charging (MCS). In April this yr, builders from Mercedes-Benz Vans efficiently charged for the primary time a prototype of the eActros 600 at a charging station with an output of 1 megawatt on the in-house growth and testing middle in Wörth am Rhein. Clients can order a pre-installation for MCS. As quickly as MCS expertise turns into obtainable and is standardized throughout producers, it’s deliberate to be retrofittable for these early fashions of the eActros 600. The batteries will be charged from 20 to 80 p.c[3] in about half-hour at an appropriate charging station with an output of round one megawatt.

Visually, the long-haul e-truck is characterised by a essentially new, puristic design with clear traces and an aerodynamic form. Relating to profitability for fleet operators, the electrical truck is meant to set new requirements, over the long run changing the vast majority of diesel vehicles within the essential long-haul transport phase. The core of Mercedes-Benz Vans’ idea for battery-electric long-distance transport is to supply clients a holistic resolution consisting of auto expertise, consulting, charging infrastructure and companies.

[1] The eActros 600 has three battery packs, every with 207 kWh. These supply an put in whole capability of 621 kWh. Nominal capability of latest battery, primarily based on internally outlined boundary situations, might range relying on use case and ambient situations.

[2] The vary was decided internally below particular take a look at situations, after preconditioning with a 4×2 tractor unit with 40t whole towing weight at 20°C outdoors temperature in long-haul operation and will deviate from the values decided in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/2400.

[3] Based mostly on inner simulations since a binding and uniform Megawatt Charging System (MCS) customary is at present below growth.

Supply: Daimler Truck