One of the vehicles has been in use for some time as part of a test phase at Kühne+Nagel Germany’s Hamburg site. After the successful completion of the tests, this vehicle will now be permanently added to the Hamburg fleet and supplemented by another electric truck of the same design. In addition, two vehicles each will be sent to the Limbach-Oberfrohna site in Saxony and to Straubing in Bavaria.

Renault Trucks Germany did not provide any details about the six vehicles in the press release, but the electric 16-ton E-Tech D will be available in numerous variants. The wheelbase can be between 3.80 and 6.50 meters, depending on requirements, and the energy content of the installed batteries can also vary between 200 and 565 kWh – in the latter case, a WLTP range of up to 560 kilometers is possible.

It is worth taking a look at France, where Kuehne+Nagel has been using 23 E-Tech Ds since 2023. In France, vehicles with two different body variants are on the road, each of which can load 18 or 21 pallets. The German logistics company opted for five battery packs of 66 kWh each with a total energy content of 330 kWh. That is enough, because according to information provided at the time, the vehicles cover an average of 180 kilometers per day. Similar daily mileage can also be expected for distribution traffic around the German logistics centers.

Kuehne+Nagel is committed to the scientific goals of the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi). The company has set itself the goal of compensating direct and unavoidable CO2 emissions since 2020. In addition, Kuehne+Nagel wants to reduce its CO2 footprint in logistics by 33 percent by the end of 2030. One offer to its own customers is the use of electric trucks – with Renault Trucks as a partner.

“It is our corporate responsibility to actively promote decarbonization in logistics,” says Tobias Jerschke, CEO of Kühne+Nagel Germany. “The new electric trucks from Renault Trucks are another important building block in the successful implementation of our electrification strategy in land transport as part of our Roadmap 2026.”

“I am very pleased about the collaboration with Kühne+Nagel,” says Frederic Ruesche, Managing Director of Renault Trucks Germany. “It is clear that we can only tackle climate change together. By working with one of the largest logistics and freight transport companies, Kühne+Nagel, we can significantly reduce CO2 emissions. We are on the right track.”

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