Daimler Truck has announced the series launch of its Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 for long-distance haulage, with the truck now entering production at its Wörth plant.
The electric model will be manufactured on the existing assembly line of the Wörth A-series production, in parallel with and flexibly alongside the trucks that will receive a diesel drive.
The eActros 600 also receives all electrical components in this production hall. The entire system is commissioned at the end of the assembly line. From then on, the truck is ready to drive and lastly undergoes the finishing process and final inspection like all other trucks.
The eActros 600 is thus the first electric truck from Wörth where assembly takes place in one production hall. The conversion of the assembly lines as well as the integration of the eActros 600 into line production has taken place gradually.
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The previous eActros 300/400 and eEconic electric truck models leave the production hall for the assembly of the electric drive components in order to be electrified at the Future Truck Center in Wörth.
“The start of series production of our eActros 600 is a further proof of our ambition to transform the industry,” Daimler Truck CEO Karin Rådström says.
“With a range of 500km on a single battery charge, our eActros 600 is addressing the long-haul segment in Europe which is responsible for two-thirds of CO2 emissions from heavy road freight. Our battery-electric long-haul truck will therefore make a real difference.”
Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks operations Jürgen Distl says the Wörth site will play a critical role in the brand’s electrification process.
“As the lead plant in the production network of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, the Wörth site plays a central role, particularly with regard to the integration of battery-electric models such as the eActros 600,” Distl says.
“However, we are tackling the transformation at all levels of our production network—including in the area of CO2-neutral production and our own supply chain. We are already being supplied by electric trucks today and the complete electrification of delivery traffic into the Wörth plant is scheduled to take place by the end of 2026—the eActros 600 will play a decisive role in this.”
The Daimler Truck plants in Mannheim, Kassel and Gaggenau also play an important role in the production of the eActros 600. They supply the components required for the battery-electric drive, such as the electric axle, transmission components and the front box, which brings together numerous high-voltage and low-voltage components and is located in the former installation space of the internal combustion engine.
Daimler Truck is in the middle of the transformation towards emission-free transportation, which it says can only be mastered with very well-trained employees.
The objective of the on-site training centre in Wörth is to prepare the workforce for the tasks on the new vehicles. In 2023 alone, around 3,300 training sessions were held at the Wörth site for employees in the new technologies of battery, high-voltage and hydrogen.
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