Swedish company adds fully-electric 64-tonne Scania

Food distribution company Dagab uses both fully-electric heavy trucks and hybrids to transport chilled food in Stockholm. In addition to these, a 64-tonne electric truck for goods transport will be used in the Gothenburg region.

The truck will be specified as a rigid pulling a large refrigerated trailer.

Scania and Dagab have a close partnership that goes back several years, with their main aim being the development of a fleet of trucks that can run independent of fossil fuels.

Dagab was a pioneer in the use of electric trucks with their first being delivered in 2021, which was the first use of a heavy electric Scania truck in Sweden.

Now the partnership is being extended with the 64-tonne electric truck for food transport. The new electric truck shows how Scania delivers smart technology for chilled and frozen electrified food transports.

Charging infrastructure is a vital component for heavy transport, and Scania and Dagab have a strong partnership in this area as well.

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Their new truck will be charged with green electricity. By planning and fast charging, the aim is to operate this truck, and more of the company’s other vehicles, for at least two shifts per day. This means a significant decrease in climate- and environmental impact, on a route of 300-450km per day.

“The transition to electrification is complex. The technology and the electric vehicles are there, but it will take larger and faster measures to develop smart city solutions in charging infrastructure in the real world,” says Fredrik Allard, Head of E-mobility, Scania.

“At Scania, we push to enable more companies to do what Dagab is doing,” he added.

Heavy electric transport and especially the transport of chilled foods is a challenge when it comes to technology due to the temperature control and a smart integration needed to minimise the energy consumption for both truck and trailer.

Scania says that this vehicle therefore has stronger components than the electric vehicles that Scania now has in series production so it can handle the higher demands.

“When we use an electric truck of this size, we can make a real difference and decrease our emissions. This is yet another step towards completely fossil-free transport and zero-emission operations by 2030 at the latest,” said Helena Blom, Transport Manager, Dagab.

The electric truck will begin running later this year.