Mercedes-Benz Trucks has set a new Guinness World Records title with its battery-electric long-haul eActros 600 truck including a semitrailer.
Having reversed 124.7 kilometers means the manufacturer beat the previous world record in continuously reversing with a truck by around 36 kilometers. The former world record of some 89 kilometers had been set in the USA in 2020 in a diesel truck.
The record-breaking trip in reverse was held on Motorsport Arena Oschersleben racetrack in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; it took around 6 hours and 22 minutes, which translates into an average speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
With its 14 tight bends designed for cars, the circuit is extremely demanding – but nevertheless offered fewer unpredictable risks of having to stop and thus interrupt the record attempt than public roads.
Marco Hellgrewe (50) from near Berlin, Germany, an officer in the German Armed Forces and a truck enthusiast kicked off the all-electric record attempt and also drove the eActros 600 himself to take the record.
