Mercedes-Benz Vans takes emissions out of deliveries in Germany
The business car maker mentioned it might even be cooperating carefully with freight forwarders to extend electrical mobility in their very own truck fleets and logistics operations. It will likely be putting in a charging infrastructure on the Wörth plant for each its personal and its companions automobiles to help the emission-free supply of elements. That can comprise of fifty separate charging factors, together with megawatt charging stations for high-performance battery charging. The charging columns can be positioned at key factors for supply visitors within the fast neighborhood of manufacturing on the Wörth plant.
“We’re working intensively on the electrification of our personal direct provide chains,” mentioned Karin Rådström, CEO Mercedes-Benz Vans. “There may be nice potential right here, in addition to nice curiosity amongst our companions, whom we’re strongly supporting on this path.”
Recharging en route
Mercedes-Benz Vans will work with freight forwarders on the evaluation of normal supply routes, journey instances and distances between supply areas, charging choices and particular person truck ranges. The truckmaker mentioned it might additionally help logistics companions within the integration of electrical vans into current fleets and the realignment of logistics centres.
At Fort Wörth, inbound elements are delivered just-in-time (JIT) to the meeting line. The corporate mentioned that in future, the time throughout which the incoming elements are unloaded can be used to recharge the delivering truck’s battery.
“On this method, the car ideally doesn’t should schedule additional downtime and may resume its route immediately after elements supply,” mentioned the corporate in an announcement.
The group at Fort Wörth can also be trying into some great benefits of constructing a brand new consolidation centre close to the plant to optimise supply flows and rebundle incoming elements.
In a subsequent step, plans are to increase this course of to different crops within the Mercedes-Benz Vans manufacturing community.
Lengthy-haul electrical
For long-range deliveries Mercedes-Benz Vans is creating the eActros LongHaul, which is because of begin collection manufacturing in 2024. The electrical truck may have a spread of round 500km on a single battery cost and be able to megawatt charging. The Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 variant for versatile heavy distribution transport, is deliberate for subsequent 12 months.
Daimler Truck, of which Mercedes-Benz Vans is a division, is collaborating within the Excessive-Efficiency Charging in Lengthy-Distance Truck Transport (Hola) venture, organised by German Affiliation of the Automotive Business. The venture goals to construct and function a choose high-performance charging infrastructure for long-distance battery-electric truck transport
Two high-performance Megawatt Charging Programs (MCS) can be arrange at 4 areas in Germany, alongside the A2 route between Berlin and the Ruhr area, alongside which electrical vans will journey. Two areas immediately on the highway can be used, in addition to two areas in logistics hubs. On the finish of the venture, eight CCS charging factors and eight MCS charging factors can be accessible at 4 areas to help the real-life testing of this new system and kind the premise for a nationwide enlargement of this know-how.
