Mercedes-AMG F1 to use electric eActros 600 lorry for the European Formula 1 season
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team has confirmed it will use an all-electric Mercedes eActros HGV as one of its race haulers for all nine rounds of the 2026 Formula 1 season, starting with this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
From now until the final round of the European with the inaugural Madrid Grand Prix in mid-September, the multi-title-winning F1 team’s eActros 600 will cover around 9,300 miles (15,000 kilometres).
Last year, Mercedes-AMG F1 broke ground by using an eActros 600 to transport the W16 cars driven by Kimi Antonelli and George Russell from its HQ in Brackley, Oxfordshire, to Zandvoort for the Dutch Grand Prix. It marked the first time an F1 team had used an EV as part of its wider transportation fleet.
The outfit’s latest use of the eActros 600 marks growing confidence in long-haul electric vehicles for logistics uses. Its 600kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery has a minimum range of 311 miles, while its megawatt-level charging (1,000kW) capability allows for a 20-80% charge time of 25 minutes.
The eActros 600 is part of Mercedes-AMG F1’s wider sustainability programme, which achieved a 99% biofuel adoption rate across its truck fleet in 2025. By 2030, the Toto Wolff-led outfit aims to be operationally Net Zero by 2030.
On the back of this latest milestone, Mercedes-AMG F1’s sustainability chief, Alice Ashpitel, commented: “We are realising our ambition of deploying the Mercedes-Benz Trucks eActros 600 across all nine European races, demonstrating our commitment to accelerating decarbonisation in some of the hardest-to-abate areas of our operations. As a team, we are committed to engineering change on and off the track, and it’s exciting to see how quickly we have moved from pilot journeys to a full rollout.”
Ash Armstrong, the eConsultancy manager at Daimler Truck UK, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, added: “We are proud to be pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in Formula One logistics once again.
With the eActros 600 supporting the team at all nine European races this season, this project is a powerful demonstration that long-haul electric transport is not a future ambition; it’s a reality today. Building on the success of last year’s programme, this collaboration showcases both the capabilities of the eActros 600 and the rapid evolution of Europe’s charging infrastructure.”
In March this year, Fleete opened the UK’s biggest eHGV charging hub with 16 ultra-rapid chargers. In July 2025, Nissan opened a 360kW eHGV charging site at its Sunderland plant, as the UK’s logistics network begins to decarbonise.
Mercedes isn’t just electrifying Formula 1 off the track in 2026. The team has dominated since the start of the year, with Russell winning the opening round of the season in Australia, and Antonelli winning the subsequent four races.
This puts Antonelli first in the drivers’ standings on 131 points, and Russell second on 88 points. The team sits first in the constructors’ championship on 219 points, comfortably ahead of Ferrari in the runner-up spot.
