Mercedes F1 Team to use all-electric eActros 600 truck across full 2026 European season
The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team will deploy an all-electric Mercedes-Benz Trucks eActros 600 across all nine European races of the 2026 season, covering about 15,000 km.
- 15,000 km
- 600 kWh
- 500 km
What Happened
The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team announced the deployment of an all-electric Mercedes-Benz Trucks eActros 600 for all nine European races of the 2026 Formula One season. The truck, which arrived in Monaco on 1 June ahead of the Grand Prix, will transport key operational infrastructure including the communications office, doctor, and physio rooms. It joins a fleet already powered by HVO100 biofuel, which saved over 410 tCO₂e in 2025.
Initial pilot journey from Brackley to Silverstone using the eActros 600.
First-ever transport of race cars on electric power, from Brackley to Zandvoort (673 km).
Full rollout across all nine European races, starting in Monaco and ending in Madrid in mid-September.
“We are realising our ambition of deploying the Mercedes-Benz Trucks eActros 600 across all nine European races, demonstrating our commitment to accelerating decarbonisation in some of the hardest‑to‑abate areas of our operations. As a team, we are committed to engineering change on and off the track, and it’s exciting to see how quickly we have moved from pilot journeys to a full rollout.”
Why this matters
This move demonstrates the growing reliability of long-haul electric transport in hard-to-decarbonize logistics, supporting the team's goal of net-zero Scope 3 emissions by 2030.
Terms in This Story
- eActros 600
- Mercedes-Benz Trucks all-electric heavy-duty long-haul truck.
- HVO100
- Hydrotreated vegetable oil biofuel, a renewable diesel alternative.
- Scope 3 emissions
- Indirect greenhouse gas emissions from a company's supply chain and logistics.
- Megawatt charging system (MCS)
- High-power charging standard for electric trucks, enabling rapid charging.
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