DAF Trucks XD Electric

Generation: the XD Electric was announced in 2023 but series production only started in September 2025 at a dedicated line in Eindhoven (electrive reports the launch slipped ~2.5 years from a planned spring 2023). The production truck uses PACCAR's own EX-D1/EX-D2 e-motors with a 3-speed ZF gearbox, not the earlier ZF CeTrax package. XD and XF Electric were jointly voted International Truck of the Year 2026. Battery is GROSS capacity: 210 / 315 / 420 / 525 kWh (2-5 packs); DAF's brochure says up to 88 % of installed capacity is usable but publishes no usable kWh, so that field is null. Motors: EX-D1 at 170 / 220 / 270 kW and EX-D2 at 270 / 310 / 350 kW. TORQUE CONFLICT: the DAF press release quotes 1,500 Nm (EX-D1) and 2,400 Nm (EX-D2), while the daf.global XD product page tabulates 930 Nm and 1,370 Nm for the same motors - the higher pair are almost certainly maximum and the lower pair nominal/continuous. Manufacturer press figure (2,400 Nm) recorded. Weights from the March 2026 UK technical brochure: GVM 21.5 t (FA/FT), 29 t (FAS/FAG/FAN/FTG/FTN), 30-31 t (FAT, XDC only), 39 t (FAW); GCM 50 t except FAG at 29 t. Axle configurations: FA, FAS, FAG, FAN, FAT, FAW rigids and FT, FTG, FTN tractors, i.e. 4x2 / 6x2 / 6x4 / 8x2. Recorded 6x2 as the representative distribution config. XDC Electric is the off-road/construction derivative on the same driveline. e-PTO 25 or 90 kW (650 V). No MCS announced or hinted at by DAF; electrive explicitly notes DAF has left MCS capability open. Battery warranty 4 MWh/kWh throughput or 8 years.