Auto
A “Wind-Power Driven Truck�
Scania’s portfolio of electrified vehicles includes a number of different solutions. One of them is the hybrid truck that operates the world’s first electric road.
Scania’s philosophy is to have a broad approach in researching sustainable technologies. That’s why the company’s research programme encompasses hybrid technology, plug-in hybrids, fully electric vehicles and different kinds of biofuels.
“We see a number of different solutions,� says Nils-Gunnar Vågstedt, Scania’s Head of Electrification. “Alternative fuels are gaining more and more ground, but electrification is one part of the solution.�
One promising solution is the world’s first electric road for heavy goods traffic where a Scania electrically-powered hybrid truck now operates a route in open motorway traffic with conductive charging technology. Sweden has the advantage of clean electricity generated from air, water and wind.
“So it’s actually a wind-power driven truck, with a potential of up to 100 percent reduction of fossil CO2 emissions,� says Nils-Gunnar Vågstedt, as he presents Scania’s portfolio of electrified vehicles.
