DAF and TotalEnergies Committed for Sustainable Mobility

DAF Trucks and TotalEnergies have announced signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on their joint commitment to develop zero-emission mobility solutions for road transport. This partnership leverages DAF’s truck manufacturing expertise and TotalEnergies’ experience in developing sustainable mobility solutions. It underlines both companies’ commitment to supporting the energy transition and meeting the European Union’s CO₂ emission reduction standards.

The agreement focuses on 3 key initiatives:

• Investigating the opportunities for DAF customers to optimally make use of the TotalEnergies charging network and their roaming services.
• Accelerating the development of Megawatt Charging Systems (MCS) for ultra-fast charging of electric trucks with a pilot initiative helping to shape the future of charging infrastructure.
• Offering a range of energy solutions from TotalEnergies, to supply low carbon energy products and solutions to the DAF manufacturing sites in order to support DAF in reducing its scope 1 & 2 CO₂

“This collaboration with TotalEnergies is a great opportunity to combine our respective expertise to offer our customers sustainable and innovative transport solutions. DAF is leading the way in battery electric vehicles, offering zero emission ranges of up to 500 kilometres on a single charge. The MoU provides enhanced opportunities to accelerate the transition to sustainable road transport solutions.”

said Harald Seidel, president of DAF Trucks N.V.

“As a key partner of the road transport sector, we are delighted to collaborate with DAF and contribute to the decarbonisation of the industry. This partnership demonstrates TotalEnergies’ ability to provide concrete solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of its customers’ fleets. We need such pragmatic collaborations to make the Energy Transition happen”.

said Mathieu Soulas, Senior Vice President New Mobilities at TotalEnergies.