Scania News 2022

Established in May 2022, Scania Ventures has an entrepreneurial mission to explore and commercialise new business models that lie beyond Scania’s core capabilities, as the company positions itself for the future transport system. “I think I have one of the most exciting jobs in the industry!” says Cindi Lindsborg, Head of Scania Ventures.

In 2023, Scania will hold the presidency of the CEO Alliance – a key strategic European partnership with the overarching goal to speed up climate transition. The presidency coincides with Sweden’s ditto in the EU, which gives a unique opportunity to advocate for legislations and public investments paving the way for not least sustainable transports.

What started as a weekend hack in Scania’s gym-hall in 2012 by a bunch of enthusiasts from Scania IT, has become an institution that is relevant to the whole company.

An electric Scania heavy tipper will has recently been taken into operation in the LKAB mine in Malmberget, in northern Sweden. This customer close development gives Scania a chance to test and operate fully electric trucks in a demanding underground mine environment.

Public bus operator, Moventis TCC Pamplona, Spain, has acquired thirteen brand new gas buses from Scania – to run on biomethane only.

An electric Scania 45P, with a total weight of 64 tonnes, will be put into regular operations in Northern Europe's largest active limestone quarry, Tromsdalen i

The global sales readiness process for Scania’s new battery-electric trucks is a systematic market-by-market approach.

Bruno Montanheiro is responsible for the Environmental Office at Scania in Brazil, and dedicated to do even more to turn the factory into a great example of circularity and sustainability.

While battery electric vehicles is Scania’s main technology to drive the shift towards a sustainable transport system, we also explore the potential for hydrogen and fuel cell solutions. We now develop Scania’s first fuel cell trucks for delivery to customers; the Swiss companies Emmi AG, Genossenschaft Migros Zürich, Gysin Tiefbau AG and TRAVECO Transporte AG.

CEO Climate Leaders, where Scania is one of 90 participating companies, works to support the ambitious Paris Agreement and bold corporate climate action by setting ambitious targets, reducing our own emissions, and inspiring others to do the same.

An important step on the journey towards in-house production of electric vehicles has been taken in Södertälje. The production line for complete Voltage Class B (VCB) cable harnesses for BEV vehicles has been set up and tested in record time – a completely new business for Scania.

Scania’s global workshop network plays a key role in the company’s shift towards a sustainable transport system.

At Scania Demo Centre’s Gläntan circuit in Södertälje, Sweden we’re testing autonomous trucks for mining applications.

Scania Top Team has grown from a modest Sweden-only event to a global phenomenon.

A new initiative called the Biomethane Industrial Partnership has been initiated by the European Commission. The aim is to increase the production of biomethane tenfold. Scania is co-founder and represents the transport sector in this partnership.

Meet Omar, Luca, Giuseppe, Cristian and Lorenzo. Two engine mechanics, two electricians and a spare parts expert from Italy who are competing to be the best team of Scania service technicians in world. Here’s how they’re preparing for the 2022/23 Scania Top Team finals.

Be sure to catch all the news from Scania at this year’s IAA. Scania showcases how our many sustainable solutions provide for our customers’ needs.

Safety beyond legal demands. With internal requirements that are based on accidents statistics and deep studies, Scania’s engineers prepare crash tests to improve safety. This time, an installation with 80-litre tanks for compressed natural gas was the one withstanding a heavy side-impact.

It builds company culture and supports Scania’s core mission of driving the shift towards sustainable transport.

Four electric Scania trucks. That is what Bjørnar Pedersen, owner and founder of Bjørnars Transport, added to his fleet of 35 tipper trucks.

You’d think that Scania batteries are only for electric trucks and buses, or marine engines or other areas of use with an industry feel to it. But no. These battery packs can actually support bands on tour to give their fans a great musical experience, with concerts that are powered by green energy stored in batteries.

Scania Growth Capital has invested in several companies, German freight forwarder start-up sennder being one of them. Currently, four Scania employees, do a short-term internship in Berlin and Amsterdam to experience what it’s like to be part of a brand-new company and contribute with their knowledge.

Commercial vehicle manufacturers TRATON GROUP with its brands Scania and MAN, Daimler Truck, and Volvo Group have previously signed a binding agreement to install and operate public charging network for battery electric, heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches in Europe. Now, it comes true.

Heavy transport demands a significant amount of power. To show what the charging system of tomorrow looks like for heavy electric vehicles, the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is now launched. In 2024, we will see it on the market.

As two teams from Scania’s Innovation Factory join Mobility Solutions to continue developing their business ideas, we speak to several of those involved in an initiative that’s vital for Scania’s future.

Business at Bergkvarabuss runs smoother and cleaner with the delivery of the complete solution of the traffic assignment for the town of Strängnäs, about 90 km west of Stockholm, Sweden. In addition to 34 Scania electric and biogas buses, Scania delivers complete workshop and depot services – including charging infrastructure for the battery electric (BEV) buses.

With a rapid introduction of electric vehicles over the coming years, we need to step up the pace. With a battery factory close to our assembly line almost in place, and a test track optimised for electric and autonomous vehicles on its way, a battery lab at our Research & Development facility was on the wish list. And now it is a reality.

For Norwegian food wholesaler ASKO, the idea to drive battery-powered electric vehicles in the capital region was a great one from the start, and is something that they have done for long.

Site at Rugao city will be zero-emission factory, producing vehicles for both Chinese and export markets.

Swedish mining company Boliden has put its new electric truck into operation between its mine Renströmsgruvan and the Concentrator plant in Boliden. The truck carries 2,000 tonnes ore a day, almost round the clock.

Along the streets of the Norwegian capital, you may see a blue electric truck on its way to a construction site. It is quiet, and it is fossil-free. This is Becker Entreprenør AS’s brand-new electric combined tipper truck and crane.

Scania self-driving transport vehicles will now be able to operate on all categories of roads between the Swedish cities of Södertälje and Jönköping.

Scania’s Skill Capture programme puts a diversity and inclusion mindset at the heart of the company’s recruitment process, so that it can attract the right people and skills for its transformation journey. “Skill Capture opens doors to the talent we need for the future,” says Lisa Sundelin, Talent Specialist, P&C Global People Services.

Scania is working on three new Combient Foundry start-up projects to gain vital insights, and to accelerate our customers’ electrification journeys.

Autonomous solutions, that is where you’ll find Scania’s Therese Reinhammar, our Director for Solutions Delivery. Her call ever since she began her career at Scania, has been to work with change, build things and develop the organisation, people and business areas. Or simply, put new things into place.

A 19-tonne electric Scania truck has begun to operate regularly on Svalbard, Norway,one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas. The Norwegian postal service Posten Norge now distributes all parcels, mail and freight in Longyearbyen municipality with electric vehicles.

Great achievements towards a more circular production are made at Scania’s cab factory In Oskarshamn, Sweden, since 2019. The production is fossil free since 2020, more material is recycled, and the energy consumption has decreased with several thousand MWh.

Supply of 15 units to waste collection company ALBA W&H Smart City is Scania’s first electric truck agreement in Asia.

Swedish dairy giant adds new battery-electric vehicle to its green fleet for quieter, cleaner urban distribution.

Scania is currently working on a project to develop an initial 20 fuel cell electric trucks with Cummins Inc, that will run on green hydrogen in HyTrucks project.

What will the future of transport look like? How does Scania decide on its products, services and strategies? Ewa Sondell, a Service Designer in Scania’s Research and Innovation Office, helps answer this question.

Julia Mörtberg is Industrial Engineering Manager at Scania Battery Production, and responsible for making the processes and staff operational in the new battery assembly unit in Södertälje by 2023. During her six years at Scania she has managed industrial projects, developing products and production vital to the whole Traton Group.

Smaller, smarter, lighter and more efficient. Alongside Scania Super, a new flexible chassis and tank programme is introduced, making it possible for the truck to reach the same or even greater distances with smaller fuel tanks. Here’s how it all comes together.

Scania’s corporate venture capital fund announces investment of 5.5 MEUR in bex Technologies GmbH to finance further growth of its digital platform supporting last mile construction logistics.

It is time for our inhouse haulier to go electric! In 2018, a decade after Scania Transportlaboratorium AB (Transportlab) was founded, they decided to cut carbon emissions by more than 95 percent and run on fossil free fuel. Now, they take the next step towards zero-emission.

Each year, Scania registers hundreds of new patents for technologies that are a result of the innovative daily work of its many employees. One of those innovators is Per Arnelöf, an Expert Engineer at Scania R&D.

Lower energy losses. Improved efficiency. One percent fuel saving from the rear axle alone. Even more to gain thanks to the full integration with the new gearbox, making it possible to utilise faster rear axle gears. Scania’s team of axle developers has done it again.

In the small Swedish town of Laxå, with a population of 3,000 people, special products like the Scania Crew Cab and the L-series cab with City Door are being made.

Scania’s new gearbox is key to realising the fuel-saving potential of the Super engine platform. Light, compact, smooth and quick, it is the perfect match for the new 13-litre engines.

With its incredible fuel efficiency and superior driveability, the new 13-litre Scania 560 S truck tested by Herbert Ulfhielm Fjärrtransport could be the answer to hard-pressed hauliers’ prayers. With potential fleet fuel cost savings of €30,000 a year, the Swedish haulage company’s co-owner and field test driver certainly think so.

For the past five years, Scania’s super-dedicated R&D teams have turned over every stone to develop the most energy-efficient and sustainable combustion engine platform the heavy transport industry has ever seen. Here’s how they came up with the super-efficient Scania Super.

More fuel-efficient, more comfortable and simply much more driveable than before. The new Super powertrain has made life that bit easier for haulier Fermgruppen AB and driver Frida Lautin in the daily transport of timber in the forests of northern Sweden.

How does tomorrow’s vision of an autonomous society guide our decisions of today? And how does these visions and expectations affect our development of new technology? Marie Bemler, Industrial PhD at Scania, does research on how the expectations of our future influences the present.