Milence Demonstrates Clean Transport Corridors from Paris to Berlin
Milence, the joint venture between Daimler Truck, TRATON GROUP, and Volvo Group, has launched a cross-border initiative to demonstrate that battery-electric heavy-duty road freight transport is now an operational reality and economically viable across Europe.
The “Power to Go Further” tour covers a 1,000 km journey from Paris to Berlin using heavy-duty battery-electric trucks and Milence’s dedicated charging hubs.
“‘Power to Go Further’ marks a historic milestone for Milence and Europe’s energy transition. It showcases the impressive progress of electric road transport toward sustainable operations. The Paris–Berlin route is just one of many clean transport corridors that can now be operated fully with electric power and are economically viable across Europe,” said Milence CEO Anja van Niersen as she flagged off the convoy at the start of the journey in Paris on Wednesday (15/4/26).
Four electric trucks are participating in the tour: Mercedes-Benz Trucks, MAN eTruck, Volvo Trucks, and Renault Trucks. The journey is scheduled from 15 to 23 April and will include stops at Milence Charging Hubs in Saint-Witz (FR), Ghent (BE), Maasmechelen (BE), Zwolle (NL), Mogendorf (DE), Kassel-Lohfelden (DE), and Vockerode (DE).
The four trucks are traveling along one of Europe’s first fully operational clean transport corridors. Six of these charging hubs were co-funded by the European Union under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility (AFIF) program.
Milence revealed that the operational cost per truck is €0.995/km when using electricity, which is lower than approximately €1.003/km for diesel. The initiative also achieves a CO₂ reduction of up to 1,470 kg per truck compared to diesel emissions of 0.9 kg CO₂/km when powered by renewable energy.
