Scania outlines move to electric  

Scania has laid out its sustainable transport and electric vehicle ambitions at the IAA Transportation 2022 commercial vehicle exhibition in Hanover, Germany.

The Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer expects 50% of its total vehicle sales volume to be electrified by 2030. 

“Scania’s purpose is to drive the shift to a sustainable transport system heading for 100% electric transport,” it says.

The brand had 14 vehicles, mostly electric, on display at the IAA transport trade fair from September 20-25, covering a variety of applications.

Scania chief executive Christian Levin says the brand is making a lot of progress in its EV technology. 

“In our electrification journey, we are leaving city limits behind us and heading onto intercity motorways. 

“We have recently delivered an electrified timber truck to a customer in northern Sweden. And that is a very real token of the fact that we now can electrify all heavy transport applications,” Levin says. 

To enable long-distance electric transport, Scania is also preparing megawatt charging to charge trucks for 45 minutes for 4.5 hours of travel. 

It is also working to decarbonise across its manufacturing supply chain, from industrial operation to its products when they are in use as part of a “well-to-wheel” perspective. 

“As we ramp up vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions we are increasingly focusing on other sources of emissions,” Levin says. 

“Scania once again shows the way by setting the most ambitious supply chain decarbonisation targets in our industry. We’ve identified four ‘hotspots’ – batteries, steel, aluminium and cast iron – which together account for more than 80% of carbon emission emanating from the supply chain.

“By 2030 we will cut emissions from these hotspots with 60-85%,” he says. 

Meanwhile, the new Scania Super will be the brand’s last powertrain for combustion engines, the company says. This new engine delivers fuel savings of around 8% for long-haulage customers. The new powertrain was demonstrated in several vehicles at IAA.

“Going forward, we offer a total turnkey solution for our electrified customers. A solution that is scalable for the future. There are no longer any excuses not to start the transition to zero-emission vehicles,” Levin says.