Australia will be among the first markets to receive the Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) version of the Scania CrewCab, which will be the first of its kind in the world.
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Scania Australia is a longstanding partner of fire authorities around the country, with significant fleets of vehicles in service in every state.
Crews have long praised the Scania CrewCab for its ease of entry and exit, even when fully kitted-up, with fold-out steps at the rear cab doors making exiting the vehicle safer and faster.
Scania Trucks Australia director of sales, Benjamin Nye says the benefits for a battery-powered CrewCab fire appliance need no explanation.
“The operational environment for fire appliances lend themselves well to BEV technology, given they spend most of their time at a fire station and can therefore be on charge for long periods,” he says.
“Most fire trucks travel only short distances to fight fires or assist at motor vehicle accidents. For auxiliary elements such as pumps, an electric motor would provide plenty of power.”
Nye says the CrewCab will go into production shortly.
“The specification will be similar to the 25 P BEV trucks that Scania Australia has already imported into the country for mining customers and will be in a 4×2 axle configuration,” he says.
The CP31 CrewCab will be based on the traditional and much-loved P-series CrewCab and will be mated to a medium duty metropolitan pumper body.
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