Wibax orders 105 electric semis from Scania
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- Wibax ordered 105 battery-electric semi trucks from Scania in a deal Scania describes as the EU's largest single sale of electric trucks for bulk transport to date.
- Jonas Wiklund, CEO of Wibax Group, said the company wants to electrify quickly because battery-electric trucks are "more effective for the heavy, relatively short and repetitive transports" that form the core of its logistics operations.
- Scania and Wibax have been collaborating since 2022, when Wibax began running a three-axle Scania tractor-trailer on an 80 km route between Piteå and Skellefteå in northern Sweden — a pilot that has now scaled 35-fold.
- Tobias Ejderhamn, Scania's Head of Global Sales for e-truck solutions, framed the order as "proof of Wibax's confidence" and positioned battery-electric vehicles as a strategic tool for future-proofing fleets against tightening emissions standards.
- Scania is pitching the deal as a "beacon" for other European transport companies weighing electrification, arguing its size carries symbolic weight beyond the two companies involved.
Why it matters: Scania just landed the EU's largest single bulk-transport electric truck order — 105 units — turning a 2022 single-truck Swedish pilot into a commercial-scale fleet deployment. For Scania, the deal is a marquee reference customer; for European fleet operators watching from the sidelines, it offers a visible data point that heavy-duty e-trucks are scaling beyond trials into repeat bulk-haul duty cycles.
