Tnt Innovate Electrical Delivery Vans Inwards The Netherlands

TNT is deploying vii novel 3.5 tonne electrical limited delivery vehicles for its operations inwards in addition to simply about Amsterdam in addition to Rotterdam, The Netherlands, equally a partner of FREVUE (Freight Electric Vehicles inwards Urban Europe), an urban e-mobility projection supported yesteryear the European Commission. FREVUE seeks to demonstrate to industry, consumers in addition to policy makers how electrical vehicles tin come across the growing require for sustainable urban logistics.

TNT’s novel e-Ducato vehicles purchased from BD Auto supplant the touchstone diesel fuel vehicles previously operating inwards Rotterdam in addition to Amsterdam in addition to volition enable to salve 24,000 litres of diesel fuel in addition to 76 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions each year. They render a arrive at of 200 km in addition to a loading book of 13m3.

Erik Uljee, Managing Director, TNT Benelux, said: “The partnership amongst FREVUE is business office of TNT’s corporate responsibleness agenda in addition to meets the objective of our Outlook strategy to increase efficiency in addition to productivity. To back upwardly nada emission carry inwards urban substance centres, the regime extend certainly privileges to TNT such equally exemptions from parking bans in addition to access to unopen areas exterior loading in addition to unloading times. With the iii vehicles inwards Rotterdam in addition to 4 inwards Amsterdam, TNT’s electrical fleet inwards the Netherlands is nine inwards total.”

Pex Langenberg, Vice Mayor of the City of Rotterdam, said: “It is the ambition of the City of Rotterdam to convey a nada emission freight carry inwards the inner urban substance yesteryear 2020. This is formalised inwards the Green Deal Zero Emission. We welcome the novel electrical freight vehicles equally they volition aid to brand the air inwards the urban substance centre cleaner in addition to decrease dissonance pollution.”

The urban substance of Amsterdam welcomes the emission-free TNT trucks inwards trace of piece of job amongst its plans to footstep upwardly improvements inwards sustainability equally outlined inwards the Sustainability Agenda Amsterdam. Amsterdam is dedicated to remaining the frontrunner inwards electrical carry in addition to wants to last the nada emission urban substance inwards 2025. Within the city, all the carry – including populace carry in addition to taxis – must preferably last nada emission yesteryear then.

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