Would you drive an #electric truck from Södertälje, Sweden to Istanbul, Turkey? 🚛🔋 Scania's "Queens of the Road" just proved it is possible! To celebrate 30 years of cooperation between Scania Group, Volkswagen Group and Doğuş Otomotiv, the Queens of the Road embarked on an ambitious journey, putting #BatteryElectric truck technology to the test across Eastern Europe. Covering thousands of kilometers through diverse terrain and challenging conditions, this journey has shattered the myth that #electric trucks aren't suitable for long-haul transport. At the #TRATONGROUP, we're committed to #TransformingTransportationTogether by advancing #eMobility across our brands. This journey proves that the technology is ready. Now we need a robust #charging infrastructure to accelerate the uptake of #BEVs in transport. ⚡️ Discover more updates from this trip by exploring #QueenOfTheRoad #TransformingTransportationTogether #TRATONelectrifies
Driving an electric truck from Södertälje to Istanbul ⚡️ Update #9 🚛🔋 We made it - 4439 km 🤩🎉 We crossed the border into Türkiye 3 am yesterday morning after another tough 15h of border queues where our BEV this time only lost 8% (from 58% to 50%) of battery in 38 degrees of heat (at least the first hours - queuing went on for a while 😩🤣). Our BEV - it’s a machine 💪⚡️🔋🤣 You can hear more about the border experience in Elin Engström upcoming post. We arrived at the Scania TR workshop around lunch, after a couple of hours of well deserved sleep, with mixed feelings (much like after our last trip) of pride, tiredness (this trip has been a trial) and sorrow because we almost can’t believe that it’s over. Yesterday evening we were all preparing to ask “so, when do we leave tomorrow” only to realise we won’t… 😢 A longer reflection post from the trip is coming soon! But first we could all use some well deserved rest to get our brains back up and running (we have been getting an average of about 3-5 hours of sleep per night for quite some time now - the truckers life is tough 😩). But it’s coming and I’ll even throw in some nice clips of us overtaking other trucks ⚡️🚛😎 so stay tuned ⚡️⚡️ #scania #electrification #queenoftheroad Amanda Gerdvall Ines Kasumovic Kristine Stålhandske