DACHSER to use 12 additional Mercedes eActros 600 for food transportation in Germany
"We have high hopes for the new eActros 600 and want to integrate the electric trucks into our transport planning as a replacement for conventional diesel vehicles," explained Max Reih, Managing Director of Brummer Logistik GmbH. "The expected mileage of around 90,000 kilometers per year suits our requirements and purposes".
At the end of last year, DACHSER received 12 additional Mercedes eActros 600, which were delivered to the German-Austrian subsidiary Brummer Logistik. The vehicles, which have a range of around 500 kilometers, will be used for regional and long-distance food transport. Recently, DACHSER celebrated the 100th full electric truck in their fleet.
“We have high hopes for the new eActros 600 and want to integrate the electric trucks into our transport planning as a replacement for conventional diesel vehicles,” explained Max Reih, Managing Director of Brummer Logistik GmbH. “The decisive factor here is that the vehicles achieve a range of 500 kilometers on a single battery charge. The expected mileage of around 90,000 kilometers per year suits our requirements and purposes”.
DACHSER to rely on Mercedes eActros electric trucks
“The deployment of the first eActros 600 in the DACHSER network is another milestone for us in the transition to zero-emission drives,” added Alexander Tonn, COO Road Logistics at DACHSER. “More and more battery-electric tractor units are now coming onto the market for heavy-duty transport, and the ranges are also increasing. As an impulse generator in the field of sustainability, it is important for us to put these vehicles into practical use quickly in order to gain further experience with electromobility, especially in long-distance transport.”
The use of twelve eActros 600s in regular transport operations at Brummer Logistik therefore necessitated extensive investment in the charging infrastructure at the Neuburg am Inn site. In recent months, fast charging stations with a total of eleven fixed and two mobile charging points have been installed there, where the new e-trucks can be charged quickly and exclusively with green electricity at up to 400 kW.
The new Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 are the first battery-electric vehicles at the Brummer site in Neuburg am Inn. “The aim is to convert a substantial part of our own vehicle fleet of currently 312 units to battery-electric vehicles over the next few years,” explained Max Reih. Fourteen Mercedes-Benz eActros 600s are to be deployed at six other DACHSER locations in Europe over the next few months.
