The Anonymous Widower

I See My First Modern 100 % Electric Truck

Where I live in Hackney, you see a lot of electric vans. Even the local deli has one.

But until yesterday, I don’t think I’ve seen a 100 % full-size electric truck, other than the famous Harrods delivery vans, which I can remember from the 1960s.

This was a sideview of the truck I saw.

Sadly, because I was trying to catch a bus, in the roadworks I described in How Not To Organise A Piss-Up In A Brewery, I was unable to take any more pictures.

This press release from Wincanton is entitled Wincanton Announces Multimillion-Pound Investment In Electric Vehicles For IKEA.

These three paragraphs give the full story.

Wincanton, a leading supply chain partner for UK business, today announces that it has made a multimillion-pound investment in electric vehicle technology to provide home delivery services for IKEA.

The investment has seen Wincanton purchase 30 electric home delivery vehicles, comprising of 10 16-tonne trucks and 20 vans, to support IKEA’s goal of reaching 100% zero emission last mile deliveries by 2025.

The new fleet is expected to save Wincanton 1,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year, across just over 10,000 journeys per annum. The vehicles, supplied by Renault Trucks and Ford, will carry deliveries to the homes of IKEA customers across Greater London and the Southeast of England from Spring 2023.

I do feel though, that we’d see more zero-carbon trucks, if London could get its act together with hydrogen.

February 17, 2024 - Posted by AnonW | Hydrogen, Transport/Travel | Battery-Electric Trucks, Freight, Hydrogen-Powered Trucks, IKEA