Vögel Transporte sets standards: 1 GWH electricity for the future!

Vögel Transporte sets standards: 1 GWH electricity for the future!

In an impressive performance, birds, a transport company from Bludesch, generated electricity with its photovoltaic system over 1 gigawatt hour (1,000 megawatt hours). This amount of energy is sufficient to supply electricity for around 300 households for a year. Alternatively, around 60,000 kilometers, or a single electric truck, could be operated around 950,000 kilometers. Vögel Transporte sees this achievement as an important contribution to the sustainable energy supply in the region and plans to expand its fleet with a fully electric truck, the Mercedes Eactros 600 in the summer of 2025.

The Mercedes Eactros 600, which is supposed to go into series production, offers a range of up to 500 kilometers without an intermediate load and has a total train weight of 44 tons. The truck can transport a payload of 22 tons with a standard weir. The technical equipment of the EACTRO 600 is remarkable: it has three battery packs with 207 kWh each and two electric motors that use an 800-volt technology. Safety and assistance systems, such as Active Brake Assist 6 (ABA 6) and Active Sideeguard Assist 2 (ASGA 2), also ensure increased safety in traffic. The combination of its own electricity production and the introduction of e-mobility is a central part of the company's long-term sustainability strategy.

about the Eactros 600

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has already presented the EACTROS 600, which is currently being used in a test operation for selected customers. The truck is driven by two electric machines that provide a continuous output of 400 kW (544 hp) and a peak output of 600 kW (816 hp). In addition, the EACTROS 600 is equipped with a four -stage gear that offers various driving modes such as range, economy and power. The recuperation of brake energy is also possible, which increases efficiency.

The EACTROS consumes an average of 88 kWh of 100 kilometers, which corresponds to a diesel consumption of around 9 liters. For comparison: The diesel actros consumes between 27 and 28 liters per 100 kilometers. In addition, the federal government plans to equip 350 locations in Germany with a total of 4,200 charging points for electric trucks. The entry-level price for the EACTROS is expected to be at least 250,000 euros, while the diesel actros starts at around 100,000 euros. The electrically powered truck can amortize after about 600,000 kilometers and benefits from the liberation from the truck toll.

challenges of charging infrastructure

With increasing electromobility in heavy goods traffic, however, challenges also come. A well-developed charging infrastructure is crucial to promote the efficiency and distribution of electric trucks. High -performance chargers, such as the Megawatts Charging System (MCS), enable a quick charging - ideal for long -distance traffic. As a rule, the operation of e-truck requires coordinated use of loading times that must be coordinated with the legal rest periods of the drivers.

The EU plans to build a total of 2,800 charging locations with 7.5 GW charging power along the TEN-V corridors by 2030. In order to optimize the charging infrastructure, recommendations such as the early integration of all relevant actors, forward -looking network planning and the promotion of data availability and standardized charging infrastructures are necessary. A well-developed charging infrastructure is not only crucial for electromobility in the medium and long-term, but also has a positive effect on air quality and CO2 emissions in traffic.

With the upcoming developments and investments in e-truck technologies and charging infrastructure, the industry will certainly take an important step towards sustainability and efficiency.

Further information on the impressive progress and challenges in the electro-truck industry offers Vol.at , while details about the Mercedes EACTROS 600 on adac.de . Current challenges in the construction of the charging infrastructure are discussed on Energiehrer.de