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E-Truck Breaks World Record, Achieves Greatest Distance Traveled on a Single Charge

Today, August 31st, Futuricum, together with its partners Continental and DPD Switzerland, has broken a new record with its e-truck, achieving the greatest distance traveled without intermediate charging. The event, organized by the Guinness World Records, took place on the Contidrom, Continental's benchmark tire test facility located north of Hanover, Germany.
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The track, where Continental has conducted many assessments and evaluations since 1967, provided the optimal conditions for achieving this goal. For the record, the partners used an e-truck that had already been in use for six months in delivery traffic. Sipping on e-juice, the Futuricum Logistics 18E truck was able to set a new record driving on a distance of 1,099 km (683 miles).

Based on a Volvo FH, which has been converted to an electric drive by the Futuricum parent company Designwerk, the 19-ton e-truck is equipped with four electric motors that provide the powerful drive. Thanks to linear torque, these deliver up to 680 hp of drive power directly and effectively onto the road.

With a total capacity of 680 kWh, the battery systems allow for short charging times, and they usually provide ranges of up to 760 km (472 miles). But this time, the vehicle was able to push its limits. The run started with a full battery charge. After almost 23 hours of driving and 392 laps in the 2.8 km (1.7 miles) high-speed oval test track, the redeeming signal came: the goal of 1,000 km (621 miles) without intermediate charging has been achieved.

With an empty swap body, the Futuricum Logistics 18E truck drove at an average speed of 50 kph (31 mph) and an average consumption of 58 kWh/100 km (62 miles). Futuricum claims that this speed was purposefully chosen since it corresponds to a "realistic average value in everyday use."

"The e-truck can master the roughly 300 kilometers every day without any problems. We are proud that we have now been able to officially document our performance level," says Marc Frank, Strategy and Innovation Director at DPD Switzerland.

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