Mercedes-Benz Museum to Host '130 Years of Commercial Vehicles' Exhibition Starting June 28, 2026
A special exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum will showcase 130 years of commercial vehicle history, from the first Daimler truck to the electric eActros 600.
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- 500 km
What Happened
The special exhibition '130 Years of Commercial Vehicles' at the Mercedes-Benz Museum runs from June 28, 2026 to April 4, 2027. It presents seven historic and modern commercial vehicles, including the world's first truck from 1896, and highlights such as the eActros 600 electric long-haul truck.
Exhibition opens; Classics & Coffee event focuses on commercial vehicles.
Family Day with van and truck activities, including rides in historic commercial vehicles.
- Benz 1C (1922): early series-production truck
- Mercedes-Benz 170 V panel van (1952): used for service transport
- Mercedes-Benz O 319 D panorama bus (1961): symbol of post-war optimism
- Mercedes-Benz L 911 (1966): medium-duty short-nose truck
- Mercedes-Benz eVito (2023): battery-electric transporter
- Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 (2024): long-haul electric truck with 500 km range
Why this matters
The exhibition highlights how trucks and vans have been essential to global supply chains and economic development, and shows the transition to battery-electric transport.
Terms in This Story
- battery-electric
- A vehicle powered solely by electricity stored in batteries.
- Litfaß column
- A cylindrical outdoor advertising structure, named after its inventor Ernst Litfaß.
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