Scania To Participate In 'Trucks For German eHighways' Research Project

Scania To Participate In ‘Trucks For German eHighways’ Research Project

In the first phase of the project, Scania will supply two electric hybrid long-haulage prototype trucks with different powertrains: one will have a single battery with a 15 kWh capacity, and the other will have several batteries for greater capacity.

The German government has announced it will co-finance a research project to test and develop electric road technology for eHighways.

The project, “Trucks for German eHighways,” aims to reduce carbon emissions from long-haul heavy-duty commercial vehicles. During 2019 and 2020 electrically powered trucks are to be tested on three new German eHighways. The project is co-financed by the German government through BMUB, the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

Volkswagen Group Research, together with Siemens, will develop technology and electric hybrid long-haulage trucks supplied by Scania for the German eHighway research project. This research is currently in a pre-phase before the start-up of three different test areas on German public roads, with electric power supplied from overhead lines.

One test road will be built in Schleswig-Holstein on the A1 Autobahn close to Lübeck, one in Hessen on the A5 Autobahn south of Frankfurt, and a third in Baden-Württemberg on the B462 federal highway.

“For long-haulage transport, Scania sees electric roads as one promising technology for a sustainable transport future. Vehicle electrification is developing quickly and with its environmental, social and cost benefits, it will play an important role in the shift to a fossil-free transport system,” said Claes Erixon, executive vice president, research and development, at Scania.

The research project is being managed by Volkswagen Group Research, which will contribute with resources and knowledge regarding vehicle electrification for passenger cars, and investigate research synergies for the electrification of heavy commercial vehicles.

In the first phase of the project, Scania will supply two electric hybrid long-haulage prototype trucks with different powertrains: one will have a single battery with a 15 kWh capacity, and the other will have several batteries for greater capacity.

Similar to Scania’s ongoing trials of electric hybrid trucks on an electric road in Sweden, the world’s first public road test of this technology, the German tests will see Scania trucks equipped with a pantograph power collector developed by Siemens mounted on the frame behind the cab.

“Scania will enter this new project with all our experience from the Swedish project. In the German project, the most important research areas will be to analyze and optimize the powertrain concept, energy management, the hybrid transmission, battery ageing and the next generation cooling system,” said Christer Thorén, project manager for electric road technology at Scania.

As part of Scania’s goal to drive the shift toward a sustainable transport system, the company is working on several projects aimed at accelerating electrification technology progress for both urban and long-haul transport. Scania also is participating in a Swedish-German government innovation initiative on mobility and electrical roads. Concrete partnership projects such as “Trucks for German eHighways” are further proof of Scania’s approach to innovation, the company says. By working with public and private sector partners in an integrated way, Scania believes that it can help find the shortest distance and time to a sustainable transport system.

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