With us, you can easily and economically utilise all the advantages of alternative drives
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Our MAN team of experts provides you with comprehensive support. We cooperate with you to work out the finer points when it comes to all relevant issues. We’re here for you, from the initial information stage all the way to a successful concept implementation.
Switching to electric drives is only worthwhile if the scope and transport capacity are sufficient. Many vehicles do not cover more than 60 to 80 kilometres, especially those driven in inner-city areas. If the average daily mileage falls within this range, eMobility is a serious option. To obtain reliable statements on possible applications and economic efficiency, however, you must also take other factors into account.
An electric drive produces significantly less waste heat compared with a combustion engine. For this reason, the MAN eTGE uses a highly efficient, purely electric heating and air conditioning system. The heater’s power consumption may still considerably reduce the range of your electric vehicle, especially at lower minus temperatures. We can show you how to use the right strategy to reliably manage your daily routes, e.g. using targeted pre-tempering of your electric van while it is being charged.
Vehicle lighting, multimedia systems, USB ports and assistance systems also require battery power. In the MAN eTGE, all auxiliary consumers are therefore designed for maximum energy efficiency. This means they only have a noticeable influence on the scope if they continue working to their full extent during prolonged stops. The eTGE offers you a savings mode that reduces the auxiliary consumer’s energy use.
Electric vans can play to their strengths in urban environments in particular: the current average speeds in typical city traffic measure between 14–18 km/h, while the speed limits on most routes are at 50 —60 km/h. Electric drive concepts are highly energy efficient in these speed ranges. In addition, unlike driving with a combustion engine, stop-and-go traffic no longer creates a burden on your energy balance. Quite the opposite: using recuperation, the MAN eTGE delivers electrical energy back to the battery each time the brakes are applied.
Forward-thinking driving saves energy, and the same applies to every vehicle. With the electric drive, however, a well-trained driver can also achieve a considerable increase in range. Gentle acceleration and targeted use of recuperation significantly reduce energy consumption.
The weight of the payload and route’s terrain profile have relatively limited impact on the range of your electric van. Heating operation and high speeds have considerably more influence. Nevertheless, it is important to carry out a detailed analysis of your route network and charging requirements, as this can provide you with helpful information on optimising driving routes and vehicle circuits.
Equipped with the right charging technology, your company premises will become the optimal basis for your electric vehicles: charging batteries after work ensures a range of up to 173 km the next day (according to NEDC). Your MAN eTGE creates additional routes on the same day, for example, if you use a quick-charging station during your lunch break. In addition, it can be supplied with energy from any conventional 230 V socket.
Our electric van’s charging socket is not limited to one charging system, but offers you full flexibility:
AC Wallbox
DC charging station
230 V socket
Whether you can achieve savings by switching to electromobility, as opposed to using conventionally powered vehicles, largely depends on the design of the energy supply. We test all possible means of cost optimisation for you; these include, for example, how you can exploit low-cost electricity purchasing times and avoid load peaks with staggered charging. Another example is how you can reduce energy costs by feeding in your own electricity.
Vehicle batteries are further key components of eMobility. Their condition and performance are critical to the cost-effective operation of electrified fleets.
Unavoidably, every battery will lose capacity and performance with increasing age. However, factors such as usage behaviour, maintenance and charging frequency have a significant impact on how quickly and to what extent the battery performance is reduced. Optimised battery management is therefore an essential part of our concept for your entry into eMobility.
For your business, entry into eMobility means more than simply swapping one or more vehicles; it includes your entry into the mobility of the future, with all the advantages this brings. But going electric can also bring a number of changes to your business: from route planning and daily charging to driving style and workshop equipment. For this reason, it is important that your employees and service workshop are properly prepared.
We work with the MAN Academy to train your employees, allowing them to optimally deploy your electric vehicles. We provide information on possible hazards and the correct handling of electric vehicles in the event of an accident or a defect. And we also support your service workshop as a competent partner in all questions concerning work on electric vehicles.
Our MAN team of experts can help you to turn the benefits of alternative drives to your advantage. Arrange an appointment right away for your individual MAN Transport Solutions meeting with the experts.
