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- Simply seven months after the beginning of gross sales: Virtually 2,000 order inquiries and orders for the brand new eTruck
- Virtually all autos within the ‘Exclusive Early Fleet’ offered
- Largest particular person order thus far: 100 eTrucks to Jacky Perrenot in France
- Gross sales to municipal clients are additionally growing
- MAN Government Board Member for Gross sales Friedrich Baumann: “Great customer interest – start of sales has exceeded expectations”
“We are continuing to gain momentum when it comes to electromobility. Our eTruck is very well received by our customers. The start of sales has exceeded our expectations,” mentioned Friedrich Baumann, Government Board Member for Gross sales and Buyer Options at MAN Truck & Bus on the IAA Industrial Automobiles pre-press convention on Tuesday in Frankfurt am Predominant. There are already virtually 2,000 order inquiries and orders for the brand new MAN eTGX and MAN eTGS eTrucks round seven months after the beginning of gross sales.
Demand has gained further momentum from the current important enlargement of the portfolio: The brand new eTGX and eTGS have not too long ago been configurable in additional than one million potential variants – with a wide range of wheelbases, cabs, engine outputs, battery combos and business gear. “Since we presented the expanded portfolio at IFAT fair, customer demand has increased significantly, particularly in the municipal sector,” continued Baumann.
For instance, MAN not too long ago gained two tenders for electrically powered two-axle and three-axle vehicles in Austria. The shopper is an affiliation that features twelve municipal corporations. Over the subsequent 4 years, this can end in an order potential of ten to fifteen MAN eTrucks per yr and a most of 45 autos in complete. Orders for the primary 5 eTrucks – together with for rubbish assortment autos — have already been positioned.
The primary particular collection of the eTruck, which shall be produced this yr, is nearly offered out apart from just a few remaining autos. A big proportion of the order inquiries and orders already relate to the autos which are to be manufactured in large-scale manufacturing on the MAN plant in Munich from 2025. To this finish, the corporate will perform closing conversion work at its most important manufacturing website this summer season as a way to “electrify” the plant.
MAN has simply acquired its largest single order thus far from France, the place Jacky Perrenot, France’s main grocery store freight forwarder, has simply ordered 100 eTrucks. MAN expects e-mobility to proceed to ramp up quickly and assumes that half of all new MAN vehicles delivered in Europe shall be electrically powered by 2030.
Press launch from MAN Vans & Bus.
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