Autobahn GmbH testing eActros as electric truck for winter service operations.
An almost silent heavy-duty, truck equipped with a snow plough? Yes, we can do that. The eActros 400, equipped as an electric winter service vehicle, is getting to work on Germany's A9 motorway near Münchberg. The locally CO₂-free truck from Daimler Truck clears snow off the road, grits and leads the pack. Germany's motorway operator, Autobahn GmbH, is testing how the all-electric truck performs in challenging winter service – and the company is gathering valuable information in the process.
A pilot project on the A9 motorway.
The asphalt on the A9 is completely iced over. In the distance, an orange dot charges along through the grey winter scene on the horizon. But there's no engine hum as the heavy-duty truck steadily and vigorously moves the massive snow plough along the recently fallen snow on the road.
Daimler Truck's eActros is in action – a fully electric winter service vehicle on the A9 motorway near Münchberg – it's an integral part of the fleet, fully equipped with an electric gritter and plough.
It's the culmination of a pilot project that sets standards.
