MAN eTGL: Premiere with refrigerated box at Solutrans 2025

• MAN eTGL now also available for temperature-controlled transport
• MAN thus offers a complete portfolio of eTrucks from 12 to 50 tonnes for refrigerated logistics
• 12-tonne MAN eTGL: up to 6.6 tonnes payload, 310 kilometres range and only around 30 minutes charging time
• MAN eMobility technology even more efficient: Up to 10 percent range increase for eTGL, eTGS and eTGX

At Solutrans 2025 in Lyon, MAN Truck & Bus is presenting a new variant of its all-electric MAN eTGL specifically for refrigerated box bodies. This means that the 12-tonne truck now also enables the locally emission-free transport of temperature-sensitive goods such as food. With this expansion, MAN covers the entire refrigerated logistics chain from 12 to 50 tonnes fully electrically.

With up to 160 kWh of usable battery capacity, the range of the MAN eTGL is up to 260 km for an eTGL refrigerated body and up to 310 kilometers for a dry box variant without intermediate charging – sufficient for typical day trips in urban and regional distribution transport. The high-voltage interface enables the refrigeration unit to be supplied directly from the vehicle network - efficiently and weight-optimised. Innovative fast-charging technology recharges the two batteries from 10 to 80 percent in around 35 minutes. This makes optimal use of break and unloading times and increases the daily range to up to 470 kilometres.

Like its big brothers eTGX and eTGS, the MAN eTGL benefits from current efficiency improvements: more economical auxiliary systems, more consistent waste heat utilisation and improved driving functions increase the range by up to 10 per cent.

"With the new eTGL for refrigerated logistics, we are significantly expanding the range of applications of our lightweight eTruck. Together with eTGX and eTGS, we now have an end-to-end and highly efficient zero-emission portfolio for temperature-controlled logistics – from inner-city distribution transport to long-distance transport," says Friedrich Baumann, Executive Board Member for Sales & Customer Solutions at MAN Truck & Bus.

Field-proven efficiency from the MAN eTruck modular system

The new MAN eTGL is based on the proven 12-tonne model from the diesel portfolio. With a payload of up to 6.6 tonnes, a wheelbase of 4,500 mm and body lengths between 6,200 and 7,300 mm, the eTGL is ideal for urban distribution transport. The fully digital 12.3-inch display provides information about the charge level, range and energy consumption.

For energy supply and drive, the eTGL uses the same electric component toolkit as the heavy-duty eTruck series MAN eTGX and eTGS. These include the battery packs developed by MAN and produced at the Nuremberg plant, each with 80 kWh of usable power, as well as the smallest of the three available drive variants with a 285 hp electric motor and two-speed transmission, which is centrally installed in the frame.

A central USP of MAN is the modular battery system specially developed for commercial vehicles. It enables a large number of individual semitrailer and chassis variants, so that almost all transport tasks previously carried out with diesel trucks can now be carried out fully electrically – from the 42-tonne low-liner for volume transports to classic construction tippers and three-axle waste collectors to the 12-tonne deep-freeze distributor for supermarket delivery.

MAN e-technology has demonstrated strong performance in customer operations in logistics practice: MAN eTrucks impress with low energy consumption, fast charging and a long range. Round about 400 MAN eTrucks have already covered more than nine million kilometres in customer service in just one year – with a low average consumption of around 93 kWh per 100 kilometres (according to data from the Rio Box as of mid-October 2025).

Current optimisations of auxiliary systems, waste heat utilisation and driving functions further reduce energy consumption and increase the range of the MAN eTrucks by up to 10 per cent. For example, a 4x2 semitrailer with six battery packs can now reach up to 570 kilometres, a solo chassis with box body up to 820 kilometres

Comprehensive eMobility consulting and services

As with the MAN eTGX and TGS, 360-degree eMobility consulting is also available to customers of the MAN eTGL: The advice on switching to electric mobility includes customer-specific analyses of vehicle deployment and charging infrastructure requirements.