Mercedes-Benz Trucks eArocs 400

Included because it is a battery-electric N3 heavy rigid from Daimler Truck, even though it was not on the original target list. World premiere at bauma Munich, 7-13 April 2025. Shares the eActros 600 front box, PTO and LFP battery technology (two packs, 414 kWh installed, in a battery tower directly behind the cab), 800 V on-board system, CCS2 up to 400 kW. UNLIKE the eActros it does NOT use the integrated e-axle: it has a central motor with a three-speed transmission driving the Arocs' proven planetary axles, so ground clearance and off-road capability are retained. The electric powertrain is integrated by the Paul Group (Vilshofen) into vehicles built at Woerth. Continuous 380 kW / peak 450 kW - lower than the eActros 600's 400/600 kW. Available as 32 t and 41 t 8x4 with four wheelbases, bodied as a concrete mixer or construction tipper. gvwKg 41,000 is the higher of the two ratings; the 32 t variant is the other. Mercedes claims it is at least 50 % more energy-efficient than a comparable diesel. Planned volume: small series of about 150 vehicles/year for selected EU30 markets. Start of sales Q1 2026, first delivery Q3 2026 (as announced in April 2025). Whether sales and deliveries actually opened on schedule was NOT verified during this research (research date August 2026), hence productionStatus 'pre-production' rather than 'in-production'. Image gap: Daimler released only four usable eArocs 400 press images and none is a clean side, front or rear shot - all four are three-quarter views. Worth revisiting once a fuller press kit exists.