- Power
- 60–160 kW
- Price
- from PLN 92,250–164,256
Independent heavy-vehicle dossier
E-Force One EF18 18 t
240 kWh and 300 km in an 18-tonne chassis — E-Force One was building electric trucks from 2012, long before the rest of the field.
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300 km
Range
manufacturer claim
300 kW
Continuous power
4x2
Axle configuration
E-Force One EF18 18 t
Buying decision
The EvCompass verdict
The key arguments drawn from the published data and the EvCompass editorial summary.
A Swiss workshop with five generations and about 19 vehicles built — artisanal scale, but the first units covered one and a half million kilometres, which is harder evidence than many a presentation. A consumption of 80–110 kWh per 100 km at highway speed is quoted as a spread, which is to say honestly. Production ended.
Strengths
- A 300 km range from a 240 kWh battery and two 22 kW AC chargers give the EF18 a self-contained historical distribution profile.
Weaknesses
- A full charge requires a multi-hour stop and this generation has no DC fast charging, so stops are long.
The full picture
Specifications
Manufacturer-published facts grouped by the decisions they inform, without raw source headings.
Battery and charging
- Gross battery
- 240 kWh
- Consumption
- 110 kWh/100 km
- On charging
- Two 22 kW BRUSA on-board AC chargers, full charge in about six hours. No DC fast charging on this generation.
Powertrain
- Powertrain
- Battery electric
- Continuous power
- 300 kW
- Axle configuration
- 4x2
Mass and load
- Gross vehicle weight
- 18,000 kg
Market and year
- Model year from
- 2,013
- Markets
- CH
- Production status
- Discontinued
- Vehicle class
- N3
- Measurement basis
- manufacturer, 300 km per full charge; consumption quoted at 80-110 kWh/100 km at highway speed and 60-90 kWh/100 km in urban duty
These are manufacturer-published figures gathered through EvCompass research.
Price and availability
What it costs and whether it is available in Poland
Published price evidence and the Polish availability answer, kept together for a buying decision.
The manufacturer publishes no price for this vehicle.
In heavy transport that is the rule rather than the exception — makers quote on request.
No list price published.
Poland
Not available in Poland
Never offered in Poland; a Swiss small-series product whose business case rested on the Swiss LSVA heavy-vehicle-fee exemption for electric trucks.
Charging infrastructure
Recommended chargers
Chargers matched to the vehicle's published power or to a clearly stated duty profile when that figure is missing.
This vehicle does not publish its own DC charging power. The chargers below are matched to a charging profile typical for this class of vehicle (around 160 kW), not to a figure this vehicle publishes.
- Power
- 160–180 kW
- Price
- from PLN 175,942–187,057
- Power
- 160–240 kW
- Price
- from PLN 189,511–217,254
Sources and research
Research notes
The sources and research notes behind the figures, claims and editorial assessment.
E-Force One AG (Switzerland) has built battery-electric trucks up to 44 t in small series since 2012 - five truck generations, about 19 vehicles, 1.5 m km covered by the first-generation fleet in five years. The EF18/E18 recorded here is the first-generation 18 t product launched in 2013 on an Iveco Stralis chassis: two BRUSA HSM1-10.18.13 motors of 150 kW each (300 kW total, 305 Nm each), two 120 kWh 400 V LiFePO4 packs = 240 kWh, 300 km range, 87 km/h electronically limited, two 22 kW BRUSA on-board chargers. From 2019 E-Force switched to ecovolta packs. Customers included Feldschloesschen and Pistor - the 19th vehicle, a three-axle 40 t truck for Pistor, opened the next generation. STATUS: eforce.ch now describes the company primarily as a SYSTEM INTEGRATOR for mobile and stationary electrification (including battery energy storage), and its only named truck product is the historic 2013 EF18. The site also carries 2025-dated battery material and an Iveco S-Way based build, so engineering work clearly continues; I have marked the EF18 model itself discontinued rather than claiming the company has stopped building trucks. Chemistry recorded as LFP because the original packs were LiFePO4; later ecovolta packs may differ.
Data confidence
MEDIUM