Lidl Italia starts employing eActros 600
The German food discounter is making its logistics in Italy more sustainable. Together with the Italian haulage company LC3 Trasporti, Lidl Italia has now taken delivery of its first eActros 600 from Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The all-electric tractor unit was specially developed for CO2-free long-distance transport.
The vehicle, which is also Italy’s first eActros 600 in customer hands, is now supplying Lidl shops in Trentino-Alto Adige and the Lake Garda area. The vehicle and trailer have been given a special livery that visually emphasises the partnership between the three partners.
“Logistics is a crucial part of our business and making it more sustainable is a must,” explains Luca Ros, Logistics Director at Lidl Italia. “For this reason, we have been embarking on a journey of gradual decarbonization of transport for years, which is also achieved through the choice of more sustainable means of transport. It is therefore an honor to be the first to use the new all-electric tractor unit in long-haul transport. A big thanks to our partners Daimler Truck Italia and LC3, both driven by our same sustainability values.”
LC3 Trasporti has ordered a total of 30 eActros 600s, making it one of the first companies in Europe to opt for a fully electric long-distance transport fleet. Michele Ambrogi, Operations Manager of LC3 Trasporti said: “We are very proud to have achieved this new milestone once again with two great partners, such as LIDL and Daimler Truck Italia. Building on these synergies, for over 15 years, we have been tracing a new path for sustainable transport, opening innovations aimed at reducing our environmental impact and harmful emissions more and more overtime, while increasingly meeting the needs of the environment and the most virtuous customers.”
“Sustainable mobility is the key of our strategy and this collaboration with LC3 Trasporti and Lidl Italia is a concrete example of how we can make a difference,” added Maurizio Pompei, CEO of Daimler Truck Italia. “Our eActros 600 is a revolutionary vehicle that marks an important step in the future of logistics, and we are excited to see it in action at Lidl Italia.”
Even though the eActros 600 only celebrated the start of series production at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth at the end of November last year and the first electric trucks were delivered to customers in December, the vehicle already feels like an old acquaintance. After all, it regularly appears in our news. Amazon, for example, has ordered around 200 units of the eActros 600 and many transport companies such as Hödlmayr, Brummer Logistik and W&P are also customers. In May, Daimler Truck also presented new options for the eActros 600, including semitrailer tractors and platform chassis with additional wheelbases or variants with two battery packs. As standard, the electric truck designed for heavy-duty long-distance transport has three packs of 207 kWh on board.
Lidl itself has been active in the field of electromobility for some time: the company has been offering charging facilities in the car parks of many of its shops for a long time. In logistics, various national companies are already using electric trucks, for example, in Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden.
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