<p data-path-to-node="2">Commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus, in partnership with family-run logistics provider J.S. Logistics, has officially integrated five fully electric MAN eTGX heavy-duty semi-trailer tractors into its cross-border factory supply chain. The zero-emission vehicles are executing cross-border inbound freight runs, transporting critical automotive supplier components directly between production networks in Hungary and MAN’s manufacturing hubs in Germany.</p><p data-path-to-node="3">The deployment marks a core milestone in MAN's internal "Electrifying Inbound" logistics initiative, proving the operational reliability of heavy-duty electromobility across long-haul international corridors.</p><h3 data-path-to-node="5"><b data-path-to-node="5" data-index-in-node="0">Relay Infrastructure and Network Corridors</b></h3><p data-path-to-node="6">The cross-border logistics framework utilizes both direct fixed-loop routes and consolidated shipments to maintain manufacturing velocities without charging delays:</p><ul data-path-to-node="7"><li><p data-path-to-node="7,0,0"><b data-path-to-node="7,0,0" data-index-in-node="0">The Meet-and-Turn Relay:</b> On the 520 km shipping leg connecting Lébény, Hungary, to MAN's headquarters plant in Munich, the company uses a trailer-swap relay system. Two electric trucks drive toward one another from opposite directions and swap trailers mid-route to execute non-stop Full Truckload (FTL) deliveries.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="7,1,0"><b data-path-to-node="7,1,0" data-index-in-node="0">Consolidated Freights:</b> A separate eTGX asset manages consolidated part shipments from the central logistics hub in Győr, Hungary, delivering groupage cargo primarily to the Munich assembly lines.</p></li><li><p data-path-to-node="7,2,0"><b data-path-to-node="7,2,0" data-index-in-node="0">Western European Feeder Links:</b> Three additional eTGX trucks are routed out of the J.S. Logistics hub in Kirkel, Germany. These vehicles process incoming components arriving from France, Spain, Portugal, the UK, and Ireland, forwarding them to production facilities in Munich (~400 km) and Nuremberg (~350 km).</p></li></ul>
MAN Trucks Deploys Fleet of Electric eTGX Trucks for Automotive Supply Chain Links
Commercial vehicle manufacturer MAN Truck & Bus, in partnership with family-run logistics provider J.S. Logistics, has officially integrated five fully electric MAN eTGX heavy-duty semi-trailer tractors into its cross-border factory supply chain. The zero-emission vehicles are executing cross-border inbound freight runs, transporting critical automotive supplier components directly between production networks in Hungary and MAN’s manufacturing hubs in Germany.
