Contargo has received 33 new electric battery-powered type DAF XD Electric semitrailer tractors from the manufacturer, thus reaching an important milestone on the way to decarbonisation. The vehicles have gone into service straight away at 15 locations in Germany. With the present count of 90 e-trucks in operation, the enterprise has now successfully realised all the e-truck projects approved under the KsNI funding guideline, while expansion of the charging infrastructure at individual locations continues.
The DAF XD Electric trucks for Contargo are powered by electric motors with an output of 350 kW. Electrical energy is stored in five battery packs using lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. These are cobalt- and nickel-free, have a long service life and can be fully charged without restrictions.
Contargo is integrating the vehicles into its truck fleets at 15 locations in Germany and will use them primarily for last mile transport in combined container transports. With these latest additions, the enterprise’s battery-driven electric fleet now numbers 90 trucks.
86 of the total of 90 e-trucks at Contargo, plus the corresponding charging infrastructure, were subsidised by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) under the funding guideline for the purchase of commercial vehicles with alternative climate-friendly drivetrains and the deployment of refuelling and charging infrastructure (KsNI). The funding guideline is coordinated by the NOW GmbH, and the applications were approved by the Federal Logistics and Mobility Office (BALM).
Foto (l. to r.): Christoph Fitz (Managing Director, DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH), Harald Seidel (President, DAF N.V.), Michael Starke (Managing Director, Contargo Truck Fleet GmbH & Co. KG), Thomas Fülling (Fleet Manager, Contargo Truck Fleet GmbH & Co. KG), Anna Kristiane Schmidt (Sustainable Solutions, Contargo GmbH & Co. KG), Jan Bernert (Director Fleet Sales & Zero Emission, DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH), and Jürgen Albersmann (CEO, Contargo GmbH & Co. KG)