The heavy transport sector is also pursuing a progressive path of electrification. Several companies working in this field over the past few months have started announcing plans to do so. Programs that do not only concern the launch of 100% electric vehicles but also of models that exploit the Fuel Cell technology, judged, in some cases, to be more; suitable for this type of vehicle.
On the subject of electrification of heavy vehicles, MAN Truck & amp; Bus announced that the production of its electric trucks should leave in early 2024 . Subsequently, the first 200 units will be delivered; of these means to customers. This is almost a year ahead of the original schedule.
IN 2024 FUEL CELL TRUCKS TEST
MAN also presented a near production prototype of the new electric truck for the first time. Unfortunately, no technical details have been provided on the model. In any case, the company highlights the importance of battery development. Precisely for this reason it has begun to develop its skills in the assembly of battery packs already & # 768; in the spring of 2021. The focus of this work is & # 768; the eMobility Technical Center at the Nuremberg headquarters, where the first battery packs for electric vehicle testing and internal production tests were produced.
In order to create space at the main Munich plant for the start of series production of the electric trucks, the company moved part of its production to Krakow, Poland at the beginning of 2022. MAN has invested approximately 130 million euros in the expansion of the Polish plant, with the aim of approximately triple the capacity; productive.
In addition to all this, the company & agrave; announced that it also intends to focus on the development of Fuel Cell technology. MAN Truck & amp; Bus highlighted that it is developing a fuel cell truck together with its industrial partners Bosch, Faurecia and ZF. The vehicle will be & # 768; delivered to five customers in half & # 768; of 2024. The companies & # 768; BayWa, DB Schenker, GRESS Spedition, Rhenus Logistics and Spedition Dettendorfer will test their Fuel Cell trucks for one year within their normal operations;
However, Alexander Vlaskamp , & # 8203; & # 8203; CEO of MAN Truck & amp; Bus, highlighted that hydrogen will become & # 768; relevant for commercial vehicles only several years from now. This is because & eacute; there is a lack of both an adequate infrastructure for refueling and because green hydrogen will not be available in quantity & # 768; enough in the near future.
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