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100 October 2018 | AutoData EVENT » IAA COMMERCIAL VEHICLES E-DELIVERY AND E-FLEX A surprise via the Brazilian Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus, which has gained strength in the international scenario. In its ninth consecutive participation at the IAA it shared equally the space in the Traton pavilion with its partners Scania and MAN for the first time. The company showed the e-Delivery, a light cargo electric vehicle recently pre- sented in Brazil and that has already been ordered by Ambev, and the brand new Volksbus e-Flex, equippedwith innovative system of flexible architecture: the bus can run as an electric vehicle powered by its extended range battery, as a hybrid electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric. The model is equipped with 1.4 TSI flex engine, the same as the VW Golf. The two vehicles are expected to be available in the Brazilian market until De- cember – interval between the two laun- ches is expected to be six months. Still on Traton, Scania chose to adopt a slightly more conservative stance - at least with regard to the electrification of vehicles intended for cargo transport. Hen- rik Henrikson, president of Scania Trucks and Buses said: «It is obvious that, for the transport of passengers segment, we are investing heavily in this type of solution too, but regarding trucks, we prefer not to think so much in the future. We want solutions that can be used today». The other Swedish, Volvo celebrated 25 years of the FH heavy vehicle, its most successful model in history. It also gave special attention to the electric buses and announced that next year the company will start to market, in Europe, 100% elec- tric trucks for urban operations such as garbage collection. And as concept, it presented the Vera, totally autonomous created to carry heavy loads in logistics centers of industrial areas. It carries up to 40 tons for 100 kilometers at 40 km/h. NUMBERS THAT CAN SPEAK Four hundred launches, 250 thousand visitor: that’s how IAA is. PRESENT FUTURISM Mercedes-Benz New Actros has no external rear-view mirrors, replaced by cameras that eliminate blind spots