Two 13.6m-long trailers are attached to a Scania tractor (like Seat, part of the Volkswagen Group) and the vehicle is transporting components from Zaragoza to Seat’s factory in Martorell, near Barcelona.
The total length is 31.7m and it has a maximum payload of 70 tonnes.
The duo trailer can halve the number of trucks on the road, says Dr Christian Vollmer, Seat’s VP for production and logistics, adding: “This implies huge benefits in terms of sustainability, environmental responsibility, safety and efficiency.”
If successful, the vehicle could become a standard feature on the roads of Spain, says the company.
It could also promote more efficiency multi-modal transport to Europe, Seat adds, as it is compatible with train wagon infrastructure.
Seat and Grupo Sesé have worked together previously, introducing a 25m-long ‘mega truck’ in Spain two years ago.