How Scania transports its largest cab ever – the C23 logistics flow explained
19 MARCH 2026
Scania’s largest cab to date, the C23, is in serial production in Oskarshamn. With its 230 cm extended cab, this has required a new take on transport flows.
What is the C23 cab?
The Scania C23 cab is an extended-length premium cab in the new generation R and S series. The “23” refers to the internal cab length of 230 cm, while “C” indicates an extra-long version.
Extended by 270 mm behind the B-pillar, the cab offers 13 per cent more interior volume. This enables a generous living space, including an expandable bed up to 100 cm wide without retraction. The flat-floor CS23 version further enhances comfort and can be equipped with premium features to reduce driver fatigue on long journeys.
Designed primarily for premium long-haul transport, the C23 cab is also suitable for applications such as driver training, defence and recovery vehicles.
The transport of the C23 cab is anything but standard. Cab frames are produced in Oskarshamn and transported to Scania's subsidiary, Laxå Special Vehicles, where the structure is extended at the rear to create the full C23 length. Once completed, the cabs are transported back to Oskarshamn for final assembly.
Because of the cab’s size, the transports require special solutions. The cab must be rotated 90 degrees to fit, and the total length exceeds that of a standard 13.6-metre trailer. Dedicated, widened and extended trailers are used, as separate flows outside the ordinary logistics system. Each trailer can carry five C23 cabs.
A C23 cab being loaded onto a Scania truck, ready for transport to the next stop in the logistics flow.
C23 cab transport goes electric
From October 2025, transports of finished C23 cabs between Oskarshamn and Södertälje are carried out with electric vehicles. The same applies to transports between Laxå and Oskarshamn.
“It has been an intense period of route planning, securing public charging points and overnight charging,” says Tony Jergelind, Managing Director of Scania Transport laboratorium. “But that is why we do this: to test, learn and build knowledge.”
C23 cab transport loops explained
There are three loops:
- Oskarshamn–Laxå–Oskarshamn,
- Oskarshamn–Södertälje–Oskarshamn or the longer route:
- Oskarshamn–Södertälje–Laxå–Oskarshamn.
The vehicles are fully charged overnight, with charging strategies adapted to each route. A fully charged vehicle covers the 310-kilometre route from Oskarshamn to Södertälje without charging along the way. On return journeys from Laxå, public charging is required and currently takes place at Brändåsen or in Linköping. In Södertälje, charging is done at Scania Chassis. From March 2026, Scania Transport laboratorium has its own high-power chargers for the trucks to use. The ambition is to electrify the entire cab transport flow to Södertälje.
Scania C23 transport loops between Oskarshamn, Laxå and Södertälje with electric charging locations.
Scaling electric transport for the future
The transports are part of a broader learning journey, where charging infrastructure is being expanded in parallel, in cooperation with Erinion. High-power chargers are installed, and the ambition is to rely as much as possible on in-house charging, supported by favourable electricity agreements.
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