Scania and Sennder Technologies to rent out e-trucks

With Juna, operators only pay for Scania's electric trucks when they are actually using them. At the same time, Sennder Technologies will provide them with a guaranteed transport volume via its own digital platform connecting small and medium-sized transport companies with shippers. This eliminates both, high acquisition costs and residual value risk on the balance sheet for logistics companies, Scania and Sennder Technologies said in a press release.    

Consisting of "premium electric vehicles, maintenance, insurance, digital and electrical services, as well as usage-based fees with guaranteed capacity utilization, Juna is aimed primarily at small and medium-sized logistics companies that cannot afford acquisition costs of electric trucks and transition to sustainable logistics. JUNA also aims to use data analysis to optimize electrification strategies in advance and simulate routes for the suitability of electric vehicles.    

According to the companies, the first JUNA vehicles are already being used in a pilot project by an unknown transport company in the Stuttgart region, which is on the road up to ten times a week.  The pilot project uses the existing public charging infrastructure in Germany at a cost per kilometer comparable to current diesel costs, and with this first truck alone, the companies expect to reduce annual CO2 emissions by 93 tons.  In 2024, the program will be extended to long-haul routes.