German-based logistics provider Logistik Schmitt has received the first five of 23 battery-electric trucks from Mercedes-Benz Trucks.
The eActros 600 trucks are intended to enable Logistik Schmitt to expand its operations from national and regional routes to international long-haul transport.
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.
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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 2025, 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.
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