Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania has collaborated with German engineering firm Siemens to develop electrically powered trucks and buses for commercial use.
As part of the project, Scania will develop electrified powertrains for trucks and buses using electrification technology from Siemens.
Additionally, the collaboration would make Sweden as the world's first country with electrically powered trucks and electrified roads for commercial use.
Scania sales and marketing executive vice president Henrik Henriksson said that the full-scale demonstration of electrified road sections can quickly become a reality through this partnership.
"Fuel savings made possible by electrification are huge, and this project is a foundation stone for fossil-free road transport," Henriksson said.
Scania's powertrain technology together with a hybrid powertrain, which includes an electric and internal combustion technology, can be complemented by electrical transmission through a line in the air or powered via the road surface.
Siemens has been testing the technology involving overhead wire system that provides electricity for electrified vehicles through a pantograph equipped on the vehicle's roof.
