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Parcel delivery company DPD has confirmed it is running road trials of an electric HGV, with the aim of introducing heavy-duty electric trucks to its delivery fleet later this year.
The MAN eTGX, which has a range of up to 800 kilometres (c. 497 miles) and a charging capacity of up to 750 kW, is due to be based at DPD’s Hinckley Hub 4 in Leicestershire. The truck will be assigned to a DPD route for operational testing after a full induction and driver training.
Decarbonising road transport is something DPD has been focused on recently, having converted the majority of its 1,600 HGVs to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in 2023.
DPD identifies one of the key challenges with electrifying HGVs, noting that it ‘has operated double-decker trailers for many years, which reduce the number of vehicles on the road by increasing parcel capacity and reducing the accompanying emissions’.
While traditionally more difficult to electrify, DPD says that it is working with manufacturer MAN to ‘develop a configuration capable of pulling double-decker trailers’. The first vehicle that meets these specifications is set to be tested by DPD later in the year. Read more
Source: LOGISTICS MANAGER
