Renault Trucks announced the E-Tech T 780 for long-haul: up to 660 km of range via a new rear e-axle architecture that consolidates driveline components and frees space for additional battery capacity. The E-Tech T 540 covers regional distribution at up to 450 km. Charging at 350 kW CCS recovers up to 250 km during the mandatory 45-minute break — enough, Renault argues, for a full legal driving day without schedule disruption.

The warranty terms deserve special attention because they move the segment benchmark: batteries in the T 780/585/540 carry a standard warranty of up to six years or 720,000 km, extendable to 10 years via the Serenity Pack. That’s the strongest battery warranty from a European incumbent — and it arrives after SANY’s 8-yr/1.2M-km written commitment reset fleet expectations. Watch for other incumbents to publish matching terms; warranty transparency is becoming a competitive weapon, which is exactly what our scorecard’s warranty dimension was built to reward.

The E-Tech T 780 goes into our comparison’s next update cycle: 660 km claim, e-axle packaging, published warranty — three items that directly change dimension scores. IAA (September) will be its public test.