At IAA Transportation in Hanover next week, Scania showcases its versatile range of electrified and biofuel heavy trucks, including a brand-new battery electric tractor. Scania’s electric vehicle range now encompasses vehicles for nearly all applications, also featuring heavy-duty mining and timber trucks.
“Customers can now benefit from greener options without adversely affecting normal operations and thereby help set the stage for a fossil-free future of heavy transport,” says President and CEO Christian Levin, Scania.
Scania now stands ready to deliver outstanding electric trucks with the greatest loading capacity, the fastest charging, and the and the best driving experience on the market.
But not only that: Thanks to Scania’s modular approach it offers a great variety of electric machines and options regarding battery packs, chassis, power take-off solutions, cab variants and axle configurations.
Scania can hereby deliver the right solution for each individual customer, including three different electric machines in nine power output levels. This makes it possible to tailor the vehicle specification to allow for maximum payload.
“Meanwhile, electrified transport depends on a whole ecosystem. To be the best partner to our customers we must offer more than vehicles. Additionally, our support includes charging infrastructure, battery performance monitoring, dynamic route planning, financing, and many other services. Over the past two years, we’ve worked hard to get all of that in place,” says Levin.
In parallel, Scania has pioneered biofuel trucks. On display at IAA, will be the unrivalled Scania Super 460 R, the latest winner of the German Green Truck Award. In biogas, Scania’s new 13-litre truck provides customers with a choice of compressed and liquified biogas, the latter with ranges up to 1,800 kilometres.
No Scania appearance would be complete without its legendary V8 and visitors at IAA will no doubt relish the Scania R 660, built for the toughest conditions.
All of these trucks – as well as new efficiency enhancing and cost-saving services – take centre stage as the entire industry stands at the threshold of transitioning to sustainable transport.
Vehicles on show at Scania’s stand at IAA
Tractor with 728 kWh installed battery capacity
This particular vehicle is special in many respects; two of the most obvious aspects are its powertrain and its battery capacity. This will be the first time that Scania has its new electric machine EM C1-4 on display. It has one electric motor, four gears and is available in no less than five different power levels (this is the 400 kW version). The EM C1-4 will be the volume powertrain in Scania’s portfolio of BEVs and has the potential to power a broad variety of applications – in many ways it is the equivalent of an 13-litre combustion engine.
The second thing that sticks out with this truck is the battery capacity – it has an installed capacity of no less than 728 kW, achieved by adding a seventh battery pack under the cab. This would mean that a forty-tonne truck would have a range of at least 530 kilometres before it needs to charge.
Scania is keen to point out though that customers are better off considering the range they actually need over maximising the potential range; there is no point in carrying around more batteries than what the assignment calls for. For example, to settle for an installed capacity of 520 kW would mean increased payload and the opportunity for a shorter axle distance.
Powerful swap-body BEV truck
This swap-body truck represents Scania’s most powerful electric machines, the P160+ that is available in two power levels, 400 or 450 kW. With its 6×2 configuration and a maximum range of more than 500 kilometres, is it the perfect example of a BEV truck with capacity for taking on a broad variety of operations and assignments.
It can charge from empty to 100 percent in 85 minutes under the right conditions (a charger with enough power), but typically a charging session would be from 20 percent to 80 percent in normal usage. The GTW can be up to 45 tonnes and it has the necessary power take-off capabilities for powering cranes, support legs or a hook-lift superstructure. And the engine torque, 2,800 Nm, is up there with the classic V8s.
An unusual kind of hybrid gas truck
Yes, this R 460 truck with a biogas engine is…unusual. The powertrain, Scania’s most powerful and energy-efficient biogas engine, is quite well-known by now, but that is not the point. Take a look at the tank installation – compressed biogas (CBG) on one side and liquefied biogas (LBG) on the other. This truck can fill up at any gas station intended for trucks in Europe. LBG offers longer range due to higher density while CBG filling stations are more common in Europe today.
The driver will not notice any difference, regardless of which tank is feeding the engine: when the gas reaches the injectors, the engine has no idea how it was stored before. But the driver will notice one thing – gas engines are less noisy.
Biomethane, improved to biogas, would be the fuel of choice for this truck with its CO2 reduction of up to 90 percent. Customers will probably select one of the two systems and not both, but the point is that whatever the customer needs or has available, Scania can provide an individualised gas solution, with ranges up to 1,800 kilometres with LBG.
The Green Truck winner – the most fuel-efficient diesel truck
This very truck is the reigning champion in the prestigious German comparison test “Green Truck”, organised annually by the magazines “Trucker” and “Verkehrsrundschau”. The contest began in 2011 and has been held 14 times. So far, Scania has scored nine wins in total, four second places, and one 5th place in the very first year. Needless to say, no other brand is even close to Scania’s track record.
The best truck in the test is identified by applying a formula that covers all the relevant aspects of being transport-efficient and sustainable: fuel consumption, average speed, used AdBlue volume and the weight of the truck (the lighter the better).
So, what is so special about this Scania truck? Why is it, over a 100 km distance, 0.4 litres more fuel-efficient on average compared to the runner-up? The simple answer is – nothing. It’s what we do. This Scania 460 R is a regular production truck, although specified with the relevant gearing for the roads outside Munich that the Green Truck organisers use. It has the Super engine, it is light (7,040 kilos), it is powerful and it is equipped with the latest version of Scania’s system for active prediction and cruise control. And the best part of it all: any ambitious customer can order their own Green Truck winner with exactly the same specification and the same outstanding performance.
When power and robustness is what really counts
This truck demonstrates how true power, fuel efficiency and lower CO2 emissions can be combined in a single vehicle. Scania’s legendary V8 engines can be run on HVO or other biodiesels (two out of four power levels), reaching CO2 reductions of up to 90 percent. And regardless of which fuel is used, this 660 hp and 3,300 Nm of torque masterpiece will deliver under the toughest conditions and the most demanding operations. It is no surprise that the Scania V8 is so common among those who run 64-tonne timber trucks in the forests of the Nordic countries.
This particular vehicle is equipped with the G33 Scania Opticruise gearbox and a 4700D Scania retarder, both very useful and contributing to an excellent total cost of ownership. The G-series gearboxes for Scania Opticruise were recently complemented by the G38 version, which is specifically intended for pairing with Scania’s 770 hp and 3700 Nm top- of-the-line 16-litre V8s.
