The first German electric road test track on the A5 motorway near Frankfurt will be extended by almost seven kilometres, and Scania will deliver seven additional pantograph-equipped trucks to operate on this expanded stretch of electrified motorway. Presently, three trials with electrified trucks are ongoing in Germany. In the latest expansion, seven additional kilometres of overhead catenary lines will be added to the A5 motorway segment in Hessen, bringing the total to twelve kilometres in the direction of Darmstadt and five kilometres towards Frankfurt. This work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022. With 135,000 vehicles daily, including 14,000 trucks, the A5 motorway south of Frankfurt is one of the busiest and most heavily polluted sections of road in Germany.The A5 is one of three tests with catenary lines being conducted in Germany. In late 2019, an additional segment of electrified road was opened near Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein A1 where one Scania truck is currently being tested. A third trial will start in Baden-Wurttemberg B462 in 2021. In total, 22 trucks will be in operation on these three test tracks.Scania has previously supplied five R 450 hybrid trucks, equipped with pantographs, for operation along the electrified A5. As with these five, the seven additional trucks will be operated by several different customers. During the trials, Scania manages vehicle maintenance and data collection from the test vehicles.Developed by Siemens, the electrification system used on these roads allows trucks with the necessary pantograph mounted to their roof to travel at speeds of up to 90 km/h on fully electrical power, converting back to the truck’s internal combustion engine once leaving the electrified stretch, ideally powered by biodiesel for a larger CO2-reduction.
The first German electric road test track on the A5 motorway near Frankfurt will be extended by almost seven kilometres, and Scania will deliver seven additional pantograph-equipped trucks to operate on this expanded stretch of electrified motorway. Presently, three trials with electrified trucks are ongoing in Germany. In the latest expansion, seven additional kilometres of overhead catenary lines will be added to the A5 motorway segment in Hessen, bringing the total to twelve kilometres in the direction of Darmstadt and five kilometres towards Frankfurt. This work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022. With 135,000 vehicles daily, including 14,000 trucks, the A5 motorway south of Frankfurt is one of the busiest and most heavily polluted sections of road in Germany.The A5 is one of three tests with catenary lines being conducted in Germany. In late 2019, an additional segment of electrified road was opened near Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein A1 where one Scania truck is currently being tested. A third trial will start in Baden-Wurttemberg B462 in 2021. In total, 22 trucks will be in operation on these three test tracks.Scania has previously supplied five R 450 hybrid trucks, equipped with pantographs, for operation along the electrified A5. As with these five, the seven additional trucks will be operated by several different customers. During the trials, Scania manages vehicle maintenance and data collection from the test vehicles.Developed by Siemens, the electrification system used on these roads allows trucks with the necessary pantograph mounted to their roof to travel at speeds of up to 90 km/h on fully electrical power, converting back to the truck’s internal combustion engine once leaving the electrified stretch, ideally powered by biodiesel for a larger CO2-reduction.
