Scania AB is a major Swedish manufacturer headquartered in Södertälje, focusing on commercial vehicles – specifically heavy lorries, trucks, and buses. It also manufactures diesel engines for heavy vehicles as well as marine and general industrial applications.

In an era where electrified transport solutions are taking center stage, Scania’s innovative endeavor involves the creation of a vehicle equipped with solar cells, ingeniously placed within a trailer attached to a hybrid-electric truck, generating its electrical propulsion. This innovation not only builds upon Scania’s modular system but also pioneers new technologies, showcasing the brand’s commitment to sustainable progress.

The truck is a 560-horsepower plug-in hybrid truck with 100 square meters of solar panels wrapping a trailer. This unique setup is tested on public roads in Sweden is a result of a two-year research collaboration between Scania and industry and academic partners.

The truck’s 18-meter trailer is almost completely covered in thin-film solar panels supplied by Midsummer. The solar array is almost equivalent to a house equipped with similarly powerful panels. The solar energy gives the hybrid truck a prolonged driving range of up to 5,000 kilometers annually in Sweden. In countries like Spain, with more sun hours, the vehicle can double the amount of solar energy.

According to the Internet