As part of Daimler Truck’s “Electrify Inbound Logistics” project, which aims to fully electrify the supply logistics of the Wörth am Rhein, Gaggenau, Kassel und Mannheim plants in the coming years, 14 logistics partners are now relying on the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 to supply the production sites with parts and components from Germany and Europe.
Daimler Truck says this proves electrification in long-distance haulage is no longer a vision for the future – it is a tangible reality in the local CO₂-free supply of the Mercedes-Benz Trucks plants.
Earlier this week, the fleet of 14 eActros 600 vehicles was launched into its first operational deployment at the Wörth site as part of symbolic star convoy.
“With the start of the convoy today and the launch of battery-electric long-haul logistics to supply our German truck plants, we are sending out a strong signal for the emission-free future of transport,” said Achim Puchert, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Trucks.
“Electrifying our plant logistics with the eActros 600 stands for the combination of technological innovation and trusting cooperation with our partners – and shows that CO₂-free logistics solutions are already a reality today.”
Jürgen Distl, head of operations Mercedes-Benz Trucks, said, “Over the past two years, we have already electrified more than 20 percent of our directly commissioned transports with production material on regional delivery routes – these are over 100 truck entries per day with battery-electric trucks into our plants.
“We are now expanding our focus on the European freight network together with our logistics partners. The eActros 600 is a real game changer for national and international long-distance haulage and ideally suited for this.”
Until now, the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 and 400 have been used on regional routes in inbound logistics for heavy-duty distribution haulage. In 2024, they drove around two million kilometers on purely electric power on around 40 different routes and thus CO2-free in driving operation. With the use of the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 on long-distance trips, this proportion will continue to increase. An eActros 600 test vehicle has been on the road regularly between the Mercedes-Benz plants in Kassel and Wörth since September 2024.
The convoy showed that the eActros 600 can also cover longer transport distances with battery-electric power. The freight forwarding partners involved each take one of fourteen routes, some of which are very demanding. These are between 150km and 600km, sometimes even cross-border from and to Italy, the Czech Republic and Luxembourg. Where necessary, the vehicles also partially use public charging infrastructure along the route in addition to depot charging at the Daimler Truck locations and the haulage companies’ depots. From now on, the new eActros 600 will cover up to 2.5 million kilometers annually in CO2-free operation.
The “Electrify Inbound Logistics” project, launched in 2023, was recently awarded the VDA Logistics Award 2025 – a strong sign of the innovation potential and pioneering importance of this project.
