Scania has revealed that it is using this week’s IAA Transportation Expo at Hanover in Germany, to showcase its range of electrified and bio-fuel heavy trucks, including a brand-new battery electric prime mover.
Scania says its electric vehicle range now encompasses vehicles for nearly all applications, and claims it also features heavy-duty mining and timber trucks.
“Customers can now benefit from greener options without adversely affecting normal operations and thereby help set the stage for a fossil-free future of heavy transport,” said Scania’s president and CEO, Christian Levin.
Scania claims it now stands ready to deliver outstanding electric trucks with the greatest loading capacity, the fastest charging, and the and the best driving experience on the market.
The company claims that thanks to its modular approach it also offers a great variety of electric machines and options regarding battery packs, chassis, power take-off solutions, cab variants and axle configurations.
Scania says it can now deliver the correct solution for individual customers, including offering three different electric trucks with nine power output levels, claiming it now makes it possible to tailor the vehicle specification to allow for maximum payload.
“Meanwhile, electrified transport depends on a whole ecosystem, and to be the best partner to our customers we must offer more than vehicles,” said Levin.
“In addition, our support includes charging infrastructure, battery performance monitoring, dynamic route planning, financing, and many other services and over the past two years, we’ve worked hard to get all of that in place,” Levin added.
Scania said that in parallel, it has pioneered biofuel trucks and at the IAA, it will displaybe the Scania Super 460 R, which it points out is the latest winner of the German Green Truck Award.
The company claims that in biogas form, its new 13-litre truck will provide customers with a choice of compressed and liquified biogas, with the latter boasting ranges of up to 1,800 kilometres.
The company naturally claims that no Scania appearance would be complete without its legendary V8 and says that visitors at the IAA will relish the Scania R 660, saying it was built for the toughest conditions.
The company claims all of its trucks, as well as new efficiency enhancing and cost-saving services take centre stage as the entire industry stands at the threshold of transitioning to sustainable transport.
