Testing the new Krone eTrailer

[Harvaturri]

Hello!
I didn't find a topic about this yet, so I decided to ask if anyone has done some digging under the hood or something with these new Krone electric trailers?

I would be interested in knowing what exactly these eTrailers do in the game? Based on the news article SCS posted about them, they reduce fuel consumption by 20-40% and then there is some kind of power boost (maybe?). But how does it translate to in-game mechanics?

I have done my own very (un)scientific testing by comparing a regular Krone trailer and the Krone eTrailer. I used an average truck: Man TGX Euro 6 540HP with automatic transmission, and took 2 freight contracts with the eTrailer and 2 with a regular Krone trailer.

The trips were from Tallinn to Uppsala and back to Tallinn for both trailers and cargo weight was around 21 - 23t per each trip.

Based on just those, the measured avg. fuel consumption with the eTrailer was 41,7 l/100km and 50,5 l/100km for the regular trailer. So I think I got less than 20% reduced fuel consumption. About the power boost.. well I can't say for sure, but in Estonia there's 90km/h speed limit and it felt like I managed to reach that speed easier with the eTrailer. But this might also be just my imagination. Anyway, next I'm going to try with the least powerful engine (perhaps the DAF XD 299HP) and see if there's any kind of noticeable power boost with the eTrailer.

Anybody tried these trailers (sadly they are only DLC content for now) and what kind of experiences you have with them?

Thanks!

[Destin Skye]

I am interested in this and had no idea they were part of a DLC, I thought they were part of Quick Jobs or something accessible to everyone. I guess that explains why I've never seen one, haha.

EDIT: I do have the Krone trailer DLC, is it in there?

[Harvaturri]

Originally posted by Destin Skye:

I am interested in this and had no idea they were part of a DLC, I thought they were part of Quick Jobs or something accessible to everyone. I guess that explains why I've never seen one, haha.

EDIT: I do have the Krone trailer DLC, is it in there?

Yeah, at the moment the Krone eTrailer is only available in the Freight market. You can search for a freight market job with either a Dry trailer or a Cooler. Look for jobs under 350km. Head to one of those depots and then click the cog-icon next to the trailer thumbnail image (important: you must travel to the depot otherwise the cog-icon doesn't appear). From there, you can select one of the Krone eTrailers (on the last pages, they usually have 3 different paint jobs with one of them being the colorful paint job).
It's a bit of a hassle and too bad they are not yet more widely available but maybe some time later! I recommend checking them out, though!

Now that I have also tested for the performance boost they give I can say for sure it's a noticeable boost.
I used the DAF XD 299HP (automatic transmission) and took a job from Montpellier to Barcelona. This turned out to be an excellent test route. There's a 90km/h speed limit and long uphill sections with toll gates here and there. I had little to no issue whatsoever to reach 90km/h with the eTrailer even uphill.
Instead with a regular trailer my top speed went as low as 33km/h on one of the uphills and reaching and maintaining 90km/h was really difficult (except on downhills :) ) during the entire route. Fuel consumption with eTrailer was 31.1 l/100km and with a regular it was little over 38 l/100km, so the fuel consumption reduction was more than 20% this time. I had the heaviest cargo I was able to find and that was 23t for both the eTrailer and a regular trailer. Very nice trailer, I must say!

[benderjonson]

yeah, i felt more power when going uphill