Truck drives are designed for particularly high mileage. The Swedish companies Scania and Northvolt want with a joint development show that you can too Electric powered trucks no need to worry about needing a new battery at some point. The truck manufacturer and the battery producer have presented a new battery cell that Last 1.5 million driven kilometers should. In addition, it should have a particularly low CO2 footprint.
Future electric heavy transport
“The future of heavy transport is electric,” Scania CEO Christian Levin is convinced, which is why battery cells with top performance are needed for electric trucks. When developing the cell, the focus was on high performance, low operating costs and a long service life. The development is designed to be operational for 1.5 million kilometers, but tests have shown that this requirement exceeded can be.
Northvolt and Scania battery cell designed to last 1.5 million kilometers
© Scania, Northvolt
Renewable energy for production
The relatively flat, rectangular cell is produced by Northvolt. Because the company uses 100 percent renewable energy, a carbon footprint for the cell, the only a third as big like comparable products. How Electrek reportsNorthvolt and Scania (which is part of the VW Group) have been working together on battery development since 2017.
