Mack Trucks partners with LEGO on EV truck building set

Mack Trucks, the Greensboro, North Carolina-based manufacturer, has announced a collaboration with LEGO on a new building set inspired by Mack’s electric refuse and recycling truck.

The LEGO Technic Mack LR Electric Garbage Truck building set offers a hands-on building introduction to mechanical engineering. When built, the truck includes realistic movements and features, with a fully functional side-loading mechanism that can grab, lift and tip the included waste bins—just like the actual electric trucks keeping cities clean. The truck uses a realistic gear element to steer the truck into position, and also includes waste elements for sorting into appropriate bins.

LEGO is marketing the 503-piece set as a holiday gift idea for young engineers—and the young at heart—and eco-conscious builders. As part of LEGO’s Technic sets, the Mack set features realistic details that introduce builders to engineering in an approachable way.

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Mack Trucks’ LR Electric refuse truck offers twin electric motors that produce 448 continuous horsepower and 4,051 pounds per foot of torque output from zero revolutions per minute, and four nickel manganese cobalt oxide lithium-ion batteries.

The LEGO set purchase price is $32.99 through www.lego.com.