E-truck enhances shuttle services for Würth Industrie Service
By Christian Auchter I 3 minute read
12/06/2025
E-trucks are increasingly being used for everyday transport tasks, and not just for short distances: since spring, a heavy-duty e-truck has been on the road in shuttle service between DACHSER in Öhringen and the customer Würth Industrie Service in Bad Mergentheim. A MAN eTGX is used, which travels the 62-kilometre route there and back up to three times a working day.
The MAN eTGX was only delivered by the manufacturer a few months ago. DACHSER is one of the first logistics service providers to use the vehicle. The electric truck has a range of around 500 kilometers per charge and can also pull so-called megatrailers, which have a larger loading space than conventional trailers.
DACHSER collects so-called C-parts from Würth Industrie Service by e-truck, for example screws, nuts and washers, which are filled in small load carriers and loaded onto pallets. The goods are then shipped throughout Europe by DACHSER in Öhringen. Empty small load carriers are brought back from Öhringen to Bad Mergentheim by electric truck. There, these containers pass through a container washing system at Würth Industrie Service and can be refilled.
In the photo are Florian Braun (Head of Transport Management at Würth Industrie Service), Andreas Manytz (Business Development Manager Road DACHSER Kornwestheim), Marc-Oliver Bohlender (Branch manager DACHSER Öhringen) und Sascha Lorenz (Operations Manager Outbound DACHSER Öhringen).
With the new MAN electric truck, we are taking another step towards making our transports more sustainable.
Fewer emissions during transportation
With three weekday commuter trips, around 66 tons of CO₂e can be saved per year compared to a modern diesel truck. The battery of the electric truck is charged at the branch in Öhringen, which, like all DACHSER locations, only uses electricity generated from renewable sources.
“With the new MAN electric truck, we are taking another step towards making our transports more sustainable,” says Marc-Oliver Bohlender, Branch Manager at DACHSER in Öhringen. “Close cooperation with our partners and customers is crucial here – because protecting the climate and the environment is a task that we can only tackle together.”
Florian Braun, Head of Transport Management at Würth Industrie Service, adds: “At Würth Industrie Service, we pursue a holistic approach to environmental protection – this also includes the consistent reduction of CO₂ emissions in transportation. With the DACHSER e-truck, we are relying on alternative drives because we are convinced that sustainable logistics is a key lever for the preservation and future viability of the earth, the environment, people and their livelihoods – today and in the future.”
With its strategic focus program DACHSER Climate Protection, DACHSER has set the course for the future. Electromobility plays a key role in this.
DACHSER is pursuing a long-term climate protection strategy and has been using battery-powered electric vehicles for locally emission-free inner-city deliveries since 2015. DACHSER now has more than 130 e-trucks weighing over 3.5 tons in operation across Europe for local and long-distance deliveries.
