• New in the Mercedes-Benz Trucks portfolio: eActros Lowliner for high-volume applications
• “Elektrotrucker” to start world tour with the eActros 600 at IAA Transportation
• Dachser to become the first logistics service provider to deploy the NextGenH2 Truck
• Further developments in diesel powertrain and safety
• Achim Puchert, CEO Mercedes Benz Trucks: “130 years ago, our founding father Gottlieb Daimler invented the truck. For us, 130 years of trucks mean responsibility to actively shape the future of transport, moving forward with the right technologies and solutions that create real value in our customers’ day-to-day operations. How we bring this ambition to life in the years ahead is what we will show at IAA Transportation, our most important platform to engage with customers, partners and the wider public.”
At IAA Transportation 2026 in September, Mercedes Benz Trucks will present key next steps in the transformation of road freight transport toward alternative drivetrains. The focus is on the new eActros Lowliner, with which the manufacturer is strategically expanding its battery-electric portfolio for high-volume applications. As a strong signal to both the industry and the wider public, content creator Tobias Wagner – known on various platforms as “Elektrotrucker” – will set off from the IAA on a planned around-the-world journey in a battery-electric eActros 600. The aim is to demonstrate the real-world suitability of battery-electric long-haul solutions under practical operating conditions. Hydrogen-based fuel cell technology will also play a role at the IAA: starting at the end of this year, a total of 100 Mercedes Benz NextGenH2 Trucks will gradually enter customer operation. The first customer will be logistics service provider Dachser, which will deploy the NextGenH2 Truck primarily in long-haul transport from its logistics center in Karlsruhe. In addition, Mercedes Benz Trucks provides an outlook on further developments in diesel powertrain and safety. This was announced today by Achim Puchert, CEO Mercedes Benz Trucks, at the “IAA Media Summit”, the official media kick off event for IAA Transportation near Frankfurt am Main.
Achim Puchert: “130 years ago, our founding father Gottlieb Daimler invented the truck. For us, 130 years of trucks mean responsibility to actively shape the future of transport, moving forward with the right technologies and solutions that create real value in our customers’ day-to-day operations. How we bring this ambition to life in the years ahead is what we will show at IAA Transportation, our most important platform to engage with customers, partners and the wider public.”
New addition to the electric truck portfolio: the eActros Lowliner
The Mercedes-Benz eActros Lowliner is available with either two or three battery packs and expands the manufacturer’s electric truck portfolio with a solution for volume transport. In doing so, Mercedes-Benz Trucks specifically addresses the growing demand for locally CO₂e-free transport options in high-volume long-haul logistics. The first new models can be ordered from the third quarter of 2026 in EU30 markets and in additional markets, and will roll off the production line at the Wörth am Rhein plant from the second quarter of 2027.
A lowliner truck is a tractor unit with a particularly low fifth-wheel height, enabling the transport of trailers with increased interior space. These so-called volume transports are designed for goods where space requirements play an important role. This is especially true for heavily packaged goods, for example in cartons.
The new lowliner variant of the second-generation eActros, like all other models in the current eActros portfolio, features the same key technological characteristics, including modern drive technology and high energy efficiency. These include the in-house developed electric drive axle, the lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell technology known for its long service life and more than 95 percent usable battery capacity, the 800-volt onboard electrical system, as well as the Multimedia Cockpit Interactive 2 and comprehensive assistance systems for enhanced safety(1).
The Mercedes-Benz eActros Lowliner is offered as a 4×2 tractor unit with a 4,000 mm wheelbase and meets coupling heights and ground clearance comparable to diesel trucks. This allows mega trailers to comply with the legally permitted overall height and enables the maximum possible interior height for volume-intensive transports. With these dimensions, Mercedes-Benz Trucks aligns with the diesel variants of lowliner vehicles and enables seamless integration of the electric vehicles into existing fleets.
The new eActros Lowliner is optionally equipped with two or three LFP battery packs, each with a capacity of 207 kWh(2). This results in an installed battery capacity of 414 kWh(2) for the eActros 400 Lowliner and 621 kWh(2) for the eActros 600 Lowliner. The range of the eActros 600 in the lowliner variant is approximately at the level of the eActros 600, which, with three battery packs and a gross combination weight of 40 tons, achieves a range of 500 kilometers(3) without intermediate charging. The eActros 400 Lowliner with two battery packs has a lower vehicle weight and therefore offers a higher payload than the eActros 600 Lowliner with three battery packs. Due to the weight reduction, the maximum payload of the eActros 400 Lowliner increases to up to 24 tons, compared to the eActros 600 Lowliner, which allows a payload of up to 21 tons.
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