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Maritime plan for Felixstowe electric charging hub gets £50,000 boost from Freeport East
Maritime Transport is progressing plans for an open-access electric HGV charging hub at Felixstowe after securing an initial £50,000 contribution from Freeport East.
MAXUS cuts eDELIVER 3 price to below £20,000
Harris MAXUS UK is turning up the heat in the battle for the electric van market, pricing its eDELIVER 3 compact electric van at below £20,000, following a similar pricing move with its DELIVER 7.
£190m motorway charging scheme offers no guarantee of power for eHGVs
Electric HGV demand will be included in calculations for a £190m government scheme to increase grid capacity at motorway services, but none of the resulting capacity will be reserved for truck charging.
Buy electric vans to solve UK charging conundrum
Operators are being urged to use electric vans to break the “chicken-and-egg” problem of HGV fleets needing confidence in charging infrastructure and network firms needing utilisation to make commercial sense.
eVan share hits record high but demand remains “drastically adrift” of targets
Electric van registrations increased by 25.9% in August and market share hit a record 16.3% according to SMMT figures, however it cautioned that seasonally low overall volumes could exaggerate percentage changes.
Grid capacity the key barrier to Fagan & Whalley electric HGV plans
Fagan & Whalley has warned that a lack of grid capacity could become a major barrier to the rollout of electric HGVs, despite the haulier already running two battery-electric trucks.
DAF XD Electric gets 1990s race truck makeover
Dutch dairy haulier Van Der Mierden Transport has taken delivery of a unique DAF XD Electric featuring a livery inspired by the manufacturer’s 1996 racing truck.
Your first eHGV charger could cost £46,000. Then comes the grid
A small haulier introducing one 44-tonne electric truck could spend approximately £46,000 on its first depot charger and installation, even where the site’s existing electricity supply is sufficient. If a new grid connection is needed, the final bill could roughly double, according to Cenex.
More fleets turning to suppliers to support van electrification
More fleets are turning to their suppliers for support with electrifying their van operations, according to new research.
Gasrec plans for Warrington biomethane refuelling facility get green light
Gasrec is to open its first high-capacity, public-access biomethane refuelling facility in the North West, with planning permission secured for a new station in Warrington ideally located to service the M6 corridor.
Pallet-Track slashes emissions by switching forklift fleet to BioLPG
Wolverhampton-based Pallet-Track has switched its entire fleet of forklift trucks to run on BioLPG, in a move which has delivered a “significant” cut in carbon emissions, the pallet network announced this week.
Tories would abandon targets for phasing out diesel trucks
The 2035 and 2040 deadlines for phasing out new diesel trucks would be scrapped by the Conservatives after it identified transport costs could rocket by almost 20%.