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Scania to Launch Five Decarbonization Products

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Rodrigo Andrade By Rodrigo Andrade | Journalist & Industry Analyst - Fri, 01/13/2023 - 15:42

Scania set major decarbonization goals for its Mexican subsidiary, including for at least 10 percent of its vehicles to be fully electric by 2025 and to sell only electric models by 2050.

For this year, the Swedish automaker will maintain the same objectives as in 2022: to innovate in fuel efficiency technologies for carriers, while seeking to implement the most sustainable options in their vehicles, stated the company in a press release.

"Since the transportation industry generates between 12 percent and 14 percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), it is crucial that every product creates significant hydrocarbon savings or, better yet, that more and more of them are powered by clean energy, as we complete the transition to electric transportation in Mexico,” said Alejandro Mondragón, CEO, Scania Mexico. Scania Mexico highlighted its commitment to align the company’s decarbonization goals with those of the UN.


The automaker emphasized five products that will help this objective. These goals include: an electric cargo truck for urban distribution in a 4x2 and 6x2 version; a new generation of bus chassis that consumes at least 10 percent less fuel compared to the previous generation and with Euro 5 technology; a liquefied-natural-gas-based tanker trunk that reduces nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx) by 80 percent; marine and industrial engines; and the “El Super” engine, a diesel powertrain with 8 percent better fuel efficiency.

Scania Mexico plans to triple its sales in the tractor-trailer sector, which along the bus and engine sales, would have the potential to position Mexico in its Top 10 of global sales.

Mexico’s heavy vehicle sector is quickly becoming one of the country’s strongest in the automotive industry. In 2022, this sector reached historical levels of production, with 122,135 tanker trucks assembled during the year, a 19.6 percent increase over 2021 and 2.4 percent more than it produced before the pandemic, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI). This has helped Mexico to remain the leader in tanker truck exports, as reported by MBN.

"We are in full economic recovery. Although it looked difficult, with this we guarantee that Mexico maintains its global leadership in the field of tractor-trailers as the number one,” said Miguel Elizalde, President, National Association of Manufacturers of Buses, Trucks and Tractors (ANPACT).

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