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The 9,000 Group R&D employees will be joining forces with around 3,000 colleagues in R&D teams at the TRATON brands. According to the Group, "by repositioning Research & Development, the entire Group will capitalize on the TRATON Modular System to a far greater extent than before".

The target is to charge truck batteries up to 80 percent in 30 minutes, more or less. With MCS, Scania’s electric trucks can be charged with up to 750 kW, which is roughly two times faster than today’s CCS2 standard. Scania electric trucks equipped with MCS will be available for order early in 2026....

Northvolt Systems Industrial Division develops and manufactures battery systems for heavy industry and off-highway market segments. The operations are based in two locations: a leased production facility in Gdańsk, Poland, and an R&D center in Tomteboda, Stockholm, Sweden, very close to Scania's hea...

Traton managed to increase sales revenues by 1% in 2024, reaching €47.5 billion. Despite slightly lower unit sales, the group states it benefited from a favorable market mix, effective pricing strategies, and strong performance in its financial services segment, which saw a 22% rise in revenue. This...

A fuel-powered generator will be used, conceived as an interim solution while fully electric trucks are being scaled and charging infrastructure built. The generator replaces one of the battery packs in a fully electric truck not needed for the majority of the transport routes, thus reducing the ran...

On February 18th, Northvolt actually released an official statement in which the battery maker did not mention Scania as the counterpart of the agreement. Later on, the deal has been confirmed by the Swedish truckmaker to Reuters. It marks another step in Northvolt’s restructuring efforts as it seek...