From Hanover around the world: Elektrotrucker Tobias Wagner starts global eActros 600 expedition in 45,000 KM trip around the world

From Hanover around the world: Elektrotrucker Tobias Wagner starts global eActros 600 expedition in 45,000 KM trip around the world

• Start of the first round-the-world tour with a battery-electric truck at the Mercedes-Benz Trucks booth in Hall 19/20 at IAA Transportation: departure on September 20, 2026, from 11 a.m.
• Planned route covers around 30 countries on five continents, spans around 45,000 kilometers and is intended to be completed with fewer than 80 charging stops.

Hanover / Germany – Tobias Wagner, also known as “Elektrotrucker”, will start his round-the-world tour with a Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 expedition vehicle on Sunday at IAA Transportation. The experienced truck driver and content creator aims to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe with a battery-electric long-haul truck within around one year. The planned route covers around 45,000 kilometers through around 30 countries in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and South America and is intended to be completed with a maximum of 80 charging stops. The aim of the expedition is to document the performance of battery-electric long-haul technology under a wide range of geographical, climatic and infrastructural conditions while also promoting dialogue on the expansion of charging infrastructure for road freight transport.

About Tobias Wagner

Tobias Wagner is a truck driver, content creator and ambassador for battery-electric logistics. The 33-year-old startup entrepreneur from Mühldorf am Inn, who has spent the past few years working on the development of car charging infrastructure, has fully dedicated himself to electric logistics since 2024. Since then, he has been on the road in numerous European countries as a full-time professional driver for the Lower Saxony-based haulage company Nanno Janssen and shares his experiences on YouTube. With the first circumnavigation of the globe in an electric truck, he now wants to demonstrate to the commercial vehicle industry that the true limits of the technology – if they exist at all – lie far beyond Europe. Through this lighthouse project, Tobias Wagner wants to inspire logistics providers and truck drivers across Europe and encourage them to embrace a sustainable, quiet and economical world of transport.

About the eActros 600

Mercedes-Benz Trucks celebrated the start of series production of the eActros 600 at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth at the end of 2024, and the vehicle is now in daily use on the road in numerous countries in and outside Europe. The electric flagship among Mercedes-Benz Trucks has already proven its capabilities several times under real-life conditions: in customer operation, as part of the “eActros 600 European Testing Tour 2024”, an all-electric development trip of more than 15,000 kilometers through a total of 22 countries, and the “European Testing Tour Winter 2025” covering around 6,500 kilometers through Northern Europe – each with a gross combination weight of 40 tonnes. The electric truck was also named “International Truck of the Year 2025”. The award is the industry’s most important prize and is presented annually by the International Truck of the Year (IToY) organization, which consists of 24 commercial vehicle journalists from Europe. One of the decisive factors for the award was the overall technological concept comprising the electric drive axle and LFP cell technology.

The high battery capacity of more than 600 kilowatt hours – hence the model designation 600 – and a new, particularly efficient electric drive axle developed in-house enable the eActros 600 to achieve a range of 500 kilometers[1] without intermediate charging. This range is achieved under very realistic, practical conditions with a gross combination weight of 40 tonnes and can also be significantly exceeded depending on driving style and route. In the most consumption-efficient combination, the eActros 600 with three battery packs can achieve a range of up to 560 kilometers[2] in classic long-haul operation and with a gross combination weight of 40 tonnes. The eActros 600 will even be able to cover well over 1,000 kilometers in one day. Intermediate charging during legally prescribed driver breaks makes this possible, provided charging options are available.