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The eActros 600 has become the first battery-electric truck to complete the eNordkapp Challenge, covering 8,000km from Germany to Norway’s North Cape in temperatures as low as –41°C.
No special prototypes. No science experiment. Just winter tyres.
Supplied by Austrian logistics operator VEGA and driven by Herbert and Silvia Salentinig, the truck ran with a standard vehicle transport trailer at 32.5 tonnes GCW, a setup used in everyday operations.
Along the way, the team dealt with frozen card readers, short charging cables, and occasional trailer uncoupling to reach chargers. None of it stopped progress.
Driver Herbert Salentinig summed it up simply: the eActros 600 proved itself as a 'true workhorse' even under extreme conditions.
Mercedes-Benz Trucks says the challenge underlines the vehicle’s suitability for long-haul work, exactly the proof operators are looking for as electric HGVs move from trial phase into real deployment.
EV Café Takeaway:
“Stop your whining, all you people who think it’s cold."
"If an electric HGV can survive minus‑40 in Norway, it can handle the M62 in February. Real‑world proof every time".