Scania prepares to launch biodiesel hybrid trucks on electric highway

In Sweden, Outside Gävle in central Sweden, the last preparations are being made at the test strip for an electrically powered truck from Scania operating under real traffic conditions. During the two-year test period, the electric truck will perform normal transportation assignments for Ernsts Express, a mid-sized logistics company in central Sweden.

The truck can connect to and disconnect from the overhead wires while in motion. When the truck goes outside the electrically-powered lane, the pantograph (the mechanism which connects the truck to the overhead wires) is disconnected and the truck is then powered by the biodiesel fueled engine or battery-charged electric motor.