# MAN Truck & Bus

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MAN Truck & Bus is a Munich-based maker of trucks, buses and engines, part of the TRATON group. It sold about 51,000 vehicles in the first half of 2026, including roughly 600 battery-electric trucks.

## In brief

- First European maker to build trucks with megawatt charging in regular production (July 2026).
- Battery-electric sales rose 37% to about 1,100 units in H1 2026: ~600 trucks and ~500 buses.
- Uses its own eTGX trucks for plant logistics, aiming at about 50 electric trucks by mid-2026.

## Facts

- Headquarters: DE
- Status: subsidiary (TRATON)
- Website: https://www.man.eu
- Frontiers: [Vehicles](https://technooptimist.io/vehicles.md) (Electric trucks)

## Programs

- [MAN eTGX electric truck](https://technooptimist.io/vehicles/man-etgx.md) (Vehicles): Deploy; next: Updated eTGX/eTGS with ~570 km range (2026). Series production with 750 kW megawatt charging began July 2026; delivered in nine European countries.

## Latest updates

- **30 Jul 2026**: MAN starts series production of eTGX and eTGS trucks with megawatt charging. MAN began regular production of eTGX and eTGS trucks with the Megawatt Charging System at its Munich plant, which it says makes it the first European maker to do so. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/man-starts-series-production-of-etgx-and-etgs-trucks-with-megawatt-05f93b86.md) · [original source](https://www.electrive.com/2026/07/30/man-starts-series-production-of-mcs-ready-electric-trucks/))
- **10 Jul 2026**: MAN's battery-electric sales rise 37% in H1 2026 to about 1,100 vehicles. MAN Truck & Bus sold about 51,000 vehicles in the first half of 2026, up 8%, including roughly 600 electric trucks and 500 electric buses. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/man-s-battery-electric-sales-rise-37-in-h1-2026-to-about-1-100-vehicles-ad1dd9e8.md) · [original source](https://www.truckpages.co.uk/news/manufacturers/man/man-reports-rising-global-sales-as-electric-truck-demand-accelerates/))
- **30 Jun 2026**: MAN puts five eTGX trucks into its own plant logistics, including a 520 km Hungary-Munich run. MAN handed five eTGX trucks to logistics partner J.S. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/man-puts-five-etgx-trucks-into-its-own-plant-logistics-including-a-520-7d3fd6b4.md) · [original source](https://www.electrive.com/2026/06/30/man-pushes-ahead-on-electrification-of-its-factory-logistics/))
- **30 Jan 2025**: DB Schenker takes delivery of the first ten MAN eTGX electric tractors. MAN handed DB Schenker its first ten eTGX battery-electric tractor units at the Munich plant, part of a 2023 letter of intent for 100 heavy electric trucks by 2026. ([our story](https://technooptimist.io/stories/db-schenker-takes-delivery-of-the-first-ten-man-etgx-electric-tractors-0cd02e85.md) · [original source](https://www.electrive.net/2025/01/30/db-schenker-erhaelt-erste-zehn-man-etruck))

## Partners, customers and investors

- DB Schenker (customer): Letter of intent for 100 heavy electric trucks by 2026; first ten eTGX in January 2025.

## People

- Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO

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