The first series-produced all-electric eActros from the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth am Rhein is now in customer hands, having been officially handed over to logistics service provider DB Schenker.

DB Schenker will use the eActros to transport palletised shipments in the Leipzig area.

The electric truck was configured for this purpose as a two-axle vehicle with an aerodynamic box body by Spier. The vehicle, with a permissible total weight of 19 tonnes, rolled off the assembly line as planned last year and has now been officially handed over following an approval for federal funding.

“We are very pleased that DB Schenker, as one of the leading companies in the logistics industry, has chosen the Mercedes-Benz eActros,” said Karin Rådström, CEO Mercedes-Benz Trucks.

“We worked closely with DB Schenker during the development of the eActros. The feedback from the practical trials were used to develop the series vehicle as well as related services,” she said.

Mercedes-Benz has also handed over an eActros out of series production to logistics service provider Dachser.

Dachser is planning to include additional eActros’s in its vehicle fleet as part of its climate protection strategy.

Dachser delivers general cargo, especially palletized shipments that are too large and heavy for parcel shipping, with the eActros to its downtown customers.

In addition, the electric truck, in conjunction with a Fuso eCanter, supplies an inner-city microhub with shipments, which are then distributed over the last mile with electrically supported cargo bikes.