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November 27, 2025

The US cooperative Associated Wholesale Grocers keeps 54,600 dry goods, fresh produce, and frozen food items in stock for its 1,100 members using a highly automated, full-range logistics center . The facility is designed for a daily picking capacity of more than 460,000 retail units.

November 26, 2025

Natural hazards are increasingly occurring worldwide in the form of floods, landslides, forest fires, storms, earthquakes, and rockfalls. Acute crisis management is required, but so are long-term strategies for transportation routes, where Gasser Felstechnik provides assistance in the Seychelles.

November 26, 2025

Following the Red Dot Design Award 2025, Toyota Material Handling's new 48-volt counterbalance forklift, Traigo_i, has now also received the German Design Award 2026 in the Excellent Product Design – Industry category. The focus: the complete integration of lithium-ion technology.

November 25, 2025

Numerous SBB Cargo Switzerland transport customers, such as Migros, have signed new single wagonload (EWLV) contracts with terms of up to ten years. New contracts have also reportedly been concluded with fenaco, Stahl Gerlafingen, and the Swiss saltworks.

November 25, 2025

Frei Fördertechnik announces its future collaboration with the Danish robotics specialist Capra. "This expands our portfolio to include mobile robot platforms that bring even greater flexibility and efficiency to production and logistics," says Michael Schüpbach, Head of Automation & Robotics. The AMRs are versatile and can be used in a wide range of applications.

November 25, 2025

Since 2021, the software specialists at SWAN have been part of the SSI Schäfer Group, responsible for the SAP projects of the globally active intralogistics experts and supporting companies in implementing future-proof solutions – from highly automated distribution centers to integrated production logistics. The course is right.

November 25, 2025

Jungheinrich Switzerland will have a new managing director as of January 1, 2026. Arne Sturm will succeed Martin Weber, who is leaving the company after 18 years – eleven of them as managing director – at his own request to pursue new topics and challenges.

November 24, 2025

TGW Logistics is currently investing €100 million in expanding its production capacity at its headquarters in Austria. Now, with an expansion of the existing office building at the site, a five-story office building with 14,000 m² of usable space is being constructed for around €50 million, with completion expected by the second half of 2028.

November 22, 2025

AutoStore system for Maria Middelares, a non-profit medical organization in Belgium, and Aalter in East Flanders, about 60 km west of Brussels.

November 21, 2025

The Basel Logistics Cluster of the Basel Chamber of Commerce (HKBB), together with the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft, industry associations, and infrastructure operators, has published a guide to sustainable logistics in the Basel region. Supply chain expert Daniel Bubendorf explains why such a guide is needed.



DHL with extra combustion engine


WAGNER Switzerland AG





DHL with extra combustion engine

February 24, 2025

DHL Scania Extra Combustion Engine

DHL is now deploying an electric truck with Scania between Berlin and Hamburg. Its range is extended by an onboard fuel-powered generator. This will make it possible to switch to heavy-duty electric vehicles without having to wait for a complete charging infrastructure.

Currently, the rapid electrification of heavy-duty transport is hampered by a lack of charging points, the high costs of maintaining sufficient charging capacity in depots during seasonal peak times, grid loads, and high electricity prices, for example on windless winter days. The "Extended Range Electric Vehicle" (EREV) from DHL and Scania offers a solution. The electric truck with a range extender can run on 80 to 90 percent renewable energy.

The new electric truck will be used in the Post & Parcel Germany division from February for parcel transport between Berlin and Hamburg and will be intensively tested there for several months before additional vehicles are possibly purchased for DHL's own fleet.

 

DHL Scania Extra Combustion EngineT. Meyer with extra burner

 

 

The fuel-powered generator takes the place of one of the batteries in the all-electric truck, which isn't absolutely necessary for most routes. This reduces the range in battery mode but provides an energy reserve. This gives the vehicle a range of 650 to 800 km (depending on the results of the test run in Berlin) and can also be refueled at any conventional gas station if necessary. By comparison, Scania's most modern and industry-leading all-electric trucks have a range of 550 km with the same maximum weight.

DHL CEO Tobias Meyer: "It will take some time before the necessary conditions for a complete transition to battery-electric trucks are in place, especially in a system as large as the German DHL parcel network – through a sufficiently robust power grid, a reliable green energy supply, and a comprehensive charging infrastructure. Instead of waiting for this, DHL and Scania are working together on a pragmatic solution that enables more sustainable logistics and reduces CO2e emissions by more than 80 percent."

 

DHL Scania Extra Combustion EnginePhotos: DHL

 

 

Electric vehicles with range extenders are a promising transitional solution that allows for a significant reduction in CO₂e emissions, particularly where the necessary infrastructure is lacking and other prerequisites for a switch to fully electric vehicles are not met.

The EREV is a 10.5 m long truck with a permissible gross vehicle weight of 40 t, powered by a 230 kW electric motor (295 kW peak). Energy comes from a 416 kW/h battery and a 120 kW fuel-powered generator. According to the manufacturer, the truck's top speed is 89 km/h, and its capacity is around 1,000 packages (the volume of a swap body). The truck can also tow a trailer with another swap body.

Deutsche Post and Scania filed a patent for the technology in September 2024.

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