- Renault Trucks is joining a growing list of electric truck manufacturers offering long-range, zero-emission options, with the manufacturer planning to update its all-electric E-Tech T truck in the second quarter of 2025.
- Whilst previously capable of a maximum range of up to 300 kilometres, the E-Tech T range will be joined by an extended range option which doubles that figure, by allowing a drivable distance of up to 600 kilometres (373 miles) between charges.
- This new option will open up Renault’s electric truck range to an even wider range of hauliers.
Renault’s longest-range electric truck yet arrives next year
The range hike has been made possible thanks to a new ‘E-axle’, which combines both the electric motors and transmission into one area on the rear of the truck, which has freed up space to install additional battery packs elsewhere on the truck. The extended range E-Tech T will not be the only 600km-plus electric truck arriving next year, with a long-range Volvo FH electric also hitting the market in 2025.
With truckers already legally mandated to take breaks every several hours, truck manufacturers including Renault Trucks are keen to highlight that single charge range isn’t the only factor that’ll help encourage more fleets to switch to electric models. With an increasingly strong electric truck charging infrastructure in place thanks to firms such as Milence, a more practical figure is daily mileage. This looks at how far an electric truck can travel within a day, charging stops included. Renault notes that with current E-Tech T models, it has managed to achieve daily mileage figures north of 700 kilometres. With this long-range model, expect that to be boosted to four figures, much like the daily mileage figure Mercedes-Benz Trucks is touting with its new eActros 600.
Emmanuel Duperray, Senior Vice President of Electromobility at Renault Trucks, commented:
“The advent of this electric truck will boost the transition to electric mobility. We believe that a range of 600 km on a single charge, combined with the development of public charging infrastructure networks by 2026 – in particular through our joint venture Milence – will enable us to achieve the operational parity with diesel technology that our customers expect.”
