Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team has confirmed it’s using an all-electric Mercedes eActros truck as one of its race haulers for all nine rounds of the 2026 Formula 1 European season, starting with this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
The multi-championship-winning team’s eActros 600 will cover around 9,300 miles through the final European round – the inaugural Madrid Grand Prix in mid-September.
Mercedes-AMG F1 broke new ground last year by using an eActros 600 to transport the W16 cars driven by Kimi Antonelli and George Russell from its headquarters in Brackley, Oxfordshire, to Zandvoort for the Dutch Grand Prix.
It marked the first time an F1 team had used an electric vehicle as part of its transportation fleet.
The team’s latest use of the eActros 600 shows growing confidence in long-haul electric vehicles for logistics. The truck’s 600kWh lithium iron phosphate battery has a minimum range of 311 miles, while its megawatt-level charging capability allows for a 20-80% charge time of just 25 minutes.
Sustainability Push Accelerates
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.
The Toto Wolff-led outfit aims to be operationally Net Zero by 2030.
Alice Ashpitel, Mercedes-AMG F1’s sustainability chief, said the deployment represents a major step forward.
“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,” Ashpitel said. “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, eConsultancy manager at Daimler Truck UK, emphasized the project’s broader implications for the industry.
“We are proud to be pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in Formula One logistics once again,” Armstrong said. “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.”
Armstrong noted the collaboration showcases both the capabilities of the eActros 600 and the rapid evolution of Europe’s charging infrastructure.
Charging Infrastructure Expands
The UK’s logistics network has begun decarbonizing with significant infrastructure investments this year.
Fleete opened the UK’s biggest truck charging hub in March with 16 ultra-rapid chargers. In July 2025, Nissan opened a 360kW truck charging site at its Sunderland plant.
Mercedes isn’t just electrifying Formula 1 off the track in 2026 – the team has dominated since the start of the season.
George Russell won the opening round in Australia, while Kimi Antonelli won the subsequent four races.
Antonelli leads the drivers’ standings on 131 points, with Russell second on 88 points. The team sits first in the constructors’ championship on 219 points, comfortably ahead of Ferrari in second place.
