Dawsongroup emc is investing in more than 100 new Volvo trucks this year, including seven electric variants, which it said would give customers immediate experience of zero tailpipe emission HGVs.

The supplier of self-drive vehicles for the environmental, municipal and civil sectors said customers were increasingly wanting to discuss carbon reduction targets and so it wanted to provide electric trucks on contract hire.

The order includes four FMX Electric 6x2 vacuum tankers and three FE Electric 4x2 medium volume combinations for gully, mainline sewerage and drain work. All have bodywork from Whale tankers.

“We worked incredibly hard to get the specification just right,” explained Paul Beddows, Dawsongroup emc director of sales.

“It started with a trip to Gothenburg with Volvo last year to both see and drive the product, before sitting down with the team from the dealership to refine the specs.”

Each of the new electric trucks are suited to local and regional work where they can be charged back at base using either an overnight AC charger or a DC fast-charger, which restores the batteries to full capacity in under two-and-a-half hours.

Dawsongroup emc has taken delivery of seven electric trucks, as part of an order for more than 100 new Volvos.

Dawsongroup emc has taken delivery of seven electric trucks, as part of an order for more than 100 new Volvos.

Source: Volvo Trucks UK

“These are highly-specialist vehicles, but that also makes them well-suited to electrification,” Beddows added.

“Most operate on contracts covering a specific area, where they don’t need to cover huge distances every day – meaning the range is more than sufficient in many cases, even when factoring in the energy required for the various pumping systems.”

 

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