•      Long-standing Mercedes-Benz Trucks partner receives first five of 23 battery-electric trucks.
• Logistik Schmitt has established its own depot charging infrastructure.
• Ronald Ott, Head of Sales Trucks Mercedes-Benz and FUSO Germany:
  “Logistik Schmitt has been a key partner in testing our battery-electric trucks since 2019—from the first eActros 300 prototype to our current flagship for long-haul transport.”
• Rainer Schmitt, Managing Director of Logistik Schmitt: “We are excited to continue our long-standing collaboration with Mercedes-Benz Trucks and to integrate the first series-production eActros 600 units into our fleet, helping to drive the industry’s transformation.” 

Leinfelden-Echterdingen/Bietigheim – Logistics provider Logistik Schmitt, based in Bietigheim, Germany, is among the pioneers of electric mobility in the transport sector. With electric trucks and its own depot charging infrastructure, the company is committed to advancing e-mobility in heavy-duty commercial transport. To achieve this, Schmitt has relied on Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ battery-electric vehicles for several years, extensively testing prototypes and pre-series models. Recently, the company received the first five of 23 eActros 600 trucks at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth, expanding its electric operations from national and regional routes to international long-haul transport.

Proven Partnership and real-world testing

In 2019, Schmitt tested an eActros 300 prototype on a shuttle route between its warehouse in Ötigheim and the nearby Mercedes-Benz Gaggenau plant in Rastatt. The truck replaced a conventional diesel vehicle for transporting transmission housings, covering about 168 km daily in a three-shift operation.

By 2021, these prototypes were replaced with near-series eActros 300 units for expanded logistics tasks. Since 2023, Schmitt has operated six eActros 300 tractor units for Daimler Truck’s plant logistics. These will now be complemented by the eActros 600.

The long-haul eActros 600 has also been in use at Schmitt since last year, including cross-border operations between Germany and Hungary. Since May, two eActros 600 prototypes have been running a 1,000 km daily loop between Daimler Buses in Mannheim and a supplier near Leipzig, charging at the Mannheim plant and Milence’s charging park at Hermsdorfer Kreuz.

As part of Daimler Truck’s “Electrify Inbound Logistics” project, Schmitt is one of 14 partners delivering parts and components to the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth using the eActros 600. The initiative recently launched with a symbolic convoy from Wörth.

About the eActros 600

Mercedes-Benz Trucks celebrated the series launch of the eActros 600 at the end of November last year at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth. Deliveries to customers began in December 2024. The electric flagship from Mercedes-Benz Trucks has already proven its capabilities several times under real-life conditions: In customer use and as part of the “eActros 600 European Testing Tour 2024”, a 15,000-kilometer all-electric development trip through a total of 22 countries and the “European Testing Tour Winter 2025” on around 6,500 kilometers through Northern Europe, each with a gross combination mass of 40 tons. In addition, the e-truck was voted “International Truck of the Year 2025”. The award is the most important prize in the industry and is presented annually by the International Truck of the Year (IToY) organization, consisting of 24 commercial vehicle journalists from Europe. 

The high battery capacity of over 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 accomplished under very realistic and practical conditions with a gross combination mass of 40 tons, which can also be significantly exceeded depending on the driving style and the route. The eActros 600 will even be able to cover well over 1,000 kilometers per day. Intermediate charging during statutory driver breaks makes this possible, provided that charging options are available. 

The eActros 600 has three battery packs, each with 207 kWh^[2]. These offer an installed total capacity of 621 kWh. The batteries are based on lithium iron phosphate cell technology (LFP) and are characterized by a long service life. The development engineers at Mercedes-Benz Trucks designed the eActros 600 to meet the same requirements for the durability of vehicles and components as a comparable conventional heavy-duty long-haul Actros. This means up to 1.2 million kilometers in ten years of operation. After this period of use, the battery state of health should still be above 80 percent. In contrast to other battery cell technologies, more than 95 percent of the installed capacity can also be used with LFP technology. This facilitates a higher range with the same installed battery capacity. The vehicle is technically designed for a gross combination mass of up to 44 tons. With a standard semitrailer, the eActros 600 has a payload of around 22 tons in the EU. There might be cases in which national law allows higher payloads. 

TruckCharge bundles several e-infrastructure offers from Daimler Truck

Under the brand TruckCharge, Daimler Truck brings together all its existing and future offerings relating to e-infrastructure and the charging of electric trucks, i.e. consulting, infrastructure, and operations. Daimler Truck offers customers a cost-effective overall package running from energy generation to vehicle operation, so that they can make full use of the potential of electrification. TruckCharge is aimed at truck fleet operators as well as industrial enterprises with their own or externally operated truck fleet. Since vehicles from different manufacturers are generally used, TruckCharge is available regardless of the truck brand.

_{[1] The range was determined internally under specific test conditions, after preconditioning with a 4x2 tractor unit with a 40 tons total towing weight at 20°C outside temperature in long-haul operation and may deviate from the values determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/2400.
[2] Nominal capacity of a new battery, based on internally defined boundary conditions. This may vary depending on the application and ambient conditions.}