The French company Transports Lebrun operates a fleet of 50 trucks as well as around 100 tanks in varying sizes and specializes in food-grade tanker transports in the French Champagne region.
On the road for the vintners
After a practical test during last year's harvest, Lebrun has now decided this year to opt for two battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros 600s.
The trucks
were on the road throughout Champagne in late summer 2025 to transport the freshly pressed grape juice from the pressing houses to the fermentation tanks of the champagne producer Vranken-Pommery. According to the information, several thousand hectoliters of the valuable grape juice were to be transported CO2-neutral.
The electric trucks reportedly drew great attention from the vintners and Vranken-Pommery, and were
seen as a symbol of the future of mobility in viticulture.
The vehicle
The serial production of the eActros 600 started at the end of November 2024 at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth, with deliveries to customers in December 2024. Currently, the electric vehicle is on the road in more than 15 European countries.
According to the manufacturer, they aim to
cover even more customer requirements. For this purpose, the battery-electric truck portfolio was expanded with additional variants based on the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600.
Customers could in the future choose between two cab variants, two or three battery packs, as well as different wheelbases and new axle configurations. For the second generation of the eActros, they offer over 40 variants of the
