MUNICH: With the handover of the first MAN eTruck to the Duvenbeck Group, MAN Truck & Bus is setting another milestone in the electrification of freight transport.
The Ultra Low Liner eTGX semitrailer tractor, specially developed for the loading volume requirements of automotive logistics, is set to make Volkswagen plant logistics particularly climate-friendly in the future.
Duvenbeck intends to put up to 120 units of the MAN eTGX into service by 2026.
Duvenbeck will deploy the MAN eTruck in various areas of the Rhine-Ruhr and BeNeLux freight forwarding region as part of VW's plant logistics.
“With the Ultra Low Liner eTruck, MAN has developed a solution that is perfectly tailored to the requirements of the automotive industry. No other series produced electric semitrailer tractor can pull trailers with an interior height of three meters. This makes it the ideal choice for transports with high volume requirements,” explains MAN Truck & Bus chief sales and customer solutions officer Friedrich Baumann.
The Ultra Low Liner eTruck MAN eTGX is a pioneer in its class: with a semitrailer height of just 950mm, a very short wheelbase of 3.75 meters and yet maximum battery capacity, it offers a range of around 500km.
This makes it perfect for use in automotive logistics, where maximum load volume up to three meters in interior height is more important than high load weights.
Thanks to its modular battery concept with a choice of four, five or six battery packs and power levels of 449 and 544hp, it can be optimally adapted to any transport task.
In addition to the standard CCS charging technology (up to 375kW), it can also be ordered with the new MCS standard with up to one megawatt charging power, which enables even faster intermediate charging during the driver's break from driving.
Transport companies also benefit from MAN's 360-degree eMobility Consulting when switching to electromobility: the advice on switching to electromobility includes customer-specific analyses of vehicle deployment and charging infrastructure requirements.
MAN's range of services also includes the provision of charging infrastructure itself through partnerships with charging infrastructure suppliers.
In addition, as with conventionally powered trucks, service contracts and financing solutions specially tailored to electric mobility as well as numerous digital services are available for the use of the new electric lions.
These include the MAN eReadyCheck, which customers can use to check how their delivery routes can be driven purely electrically, as well as the MAN Charge & Go charging service including charging card, which enables simple, consolidated charging planning and billing for international routes.
