MAN Truck & Bus and the Dettendorfer freight forwarding company are testing the night-time use of fully electric trucks on a Brenner route between Raubling and Bolzano for four weeks in July and August as part of a pilot project.
Thanks to the existing exemption from the night-time driving ban on the A12 (Inntal motorway), eTrucks are allowed to drive at night, unlike diesel trucks. The aim of the project is to ease traffic flows on the Brenner Pass, avoid congestion, reduce CO2 and noise emissions, and increase security of supply – especially during the holiday season.
“E-trucks can be an important part of the solution for Alpine freight transport on the Brenner route. If we take the transport transition seriously, we must also make road freight transport more sustainable. The night-time use of e-trucks shows that less CO₂, less noise and better use of infrastructure are possible. This is an important signal for green commercial vehicle corridors throughout Europe. Now it is important to consistently expand the charging infrastructure across borders,” says Christian Bernreiter, Bavarian Minister of State for Housing, Construction and Transport.
