Kinda interesting how this belongs in the somewhat contradictory category of "powered trailer". As in, it's called a trailer because it trails a powered vehicle, so if the trailer gets a powered axle, is it still a trailer?
It's still a trailer because, despite the powered axle, it need a towing vehicle to be steered and directed. If the trailer was able to steer without a truck up on front, then is not a trailer anymore, but a vehicle on its own
I love this trailer. I've took it for a spin between Cluj and Targu Mures in Romania. But instead of going directly , I've gone towards Szeged and turned near Budapest in Hungary , than I've took the road towards Timisoara and Hunedoara. I was impressed, towing it with Daf XD it felt I had a 600 or even 700 horse power truck , not the weakest truck in the game. I even tried to see what speed I reach from 0 in 12th gear , in one minute was about 93 km/h , meanwhile with normal empty trailer was only about 60 km/h. But I'm very disappointed that the trailer is not ownable , it's very hard to find it , it's not an option for every short delivery , as after this I slept 3 times and could find any other one. Ps: doing such and detour , after crossing in Hungary the trailer seemed it run out of battery as I didn't feel it pushing me so hard and I was struggling to get to higher speeds.
I haven't yet managed to run out of battery, but it's stated on the Krone website it will go up to 500km before recharge. Hopefully, SCS will soon implement recharge stations. For EV trucks as well
@@TGMStefa well I'm not sure how many kilometres are between FLE Cluj and the border crossing , I think about 200-300. And in my driving style usually on that portion I get the highest fuel consumption. Besides this , having the new trailer I was testing how it's accelerating, how much it's helping the truck , hence the acceleration from 12th gear from standing still. I guess I managed to do record consumption with the trailer 🤣. When E-Tech was launched in the first run I've emptied the battery in less than half of the estimated range. This delivery was supposed to be less than 200 kilometres , but I did about 1000 so I definitely run out of charge at a point and the trailer was getting power only from the recuperated energy.
If there is one thing I already hate about this trailer is how SCS beat around the bush in saying where we can find it. What cargoes? What companies? What weights? How do they expect to advertise these trailers if they don't tell us how to get them especially when they can't be just bought outright?
Honestly i reather add Electric power to the truck instead to trailer because it works the same and if a trailer is powered with Electric Motor the Trailer is no more Trailer but in the other side we got a hybrid truck which is more interesting to me tbh..
