Friedrich Seligenstadt: Beverage distributor delivers to customers with Fuso eCanter

Peter Friedrich, owner of "Getränke Friedrich" in Seligenstadt, has been using an electric light truck of the Fuso eCanter type for a year. It features an S-cabin and a flatbed with tarpaulin structure. When the Hessian entrepreneur planned the purchase of a new vehicle in 2023, he had clear ideas of the criteria it should meet: 100% electrically driven, a range of at least 40 km, drivable without a truck driver's license, as high a payload as possible, a flatbed with sliding tarpaulin structure, and also compact and maneuverable for city traffic. Perfectly fitting was the fact that the series production of the eCanter had just begun at that time.

Flatbed with Side Walls and Sliding Tarpaulin

At Fuso sales and service partner Robert Kunzmann GmbH in Aschaffenburg, he found the right contact person. Although salesperson Steffen Horn did not even have a demo vehicle on site at the time, Friedrich ordered the eCanter on the spot and received it in February last year. A clear advantage was the implementation of a flatbed with side walls and sliding tarpaulin:

"In home delivery, we often park at the curb and need to access the load on the passenger side quickly and easily," explains Peter Friedrich.

In addition, the comfortably low loading edge of the eCanter, only about 850 mm high, offers the driver additional ergonomic convenience during manual unloading. That the delivery service of Getränke Friedrich is now 100% electric was, of course, mentioned on the branding of the new vehicle.

"Our customers notice the eCanter, and we receive really positive feedback," reports Peter Friedrich proudly.

6,000 km completed

The eCanter has now already covered around 6,000 km.

“We're doing well with the range. At the warehouse, where the vehicle is reloaded after the first morning tour, we can easily recharge electricity thanks to a wallbox. We do this in the cold season because the heater is an additional consumer, but it wasn't necessary in the summer,” explains Friedrich, who has outfitted his hall roofs with photovoltaics.

Moreover, the eCanter impresses him with its features.

“It is so nimble, handy, agile, can go anywhere and park anywhere. We really like that.”

At the end of the three-year lease, he plans to order another eCanter and – depending on the order situation – expand his fleet with a second one.