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"Australian trucking and logistics giants Linfox and Toll Holdings are to roll
out a combined 54 fully battery electric trucks as part of a new funding round
announced by the federal government through the Australian Renewable Energy
Agency.
The additional funds were announced on Saturday by federal energy and climate
minister Chris Bowen, along with his revelation that new standards will allow
EV drivers to use vehicle to grid technology by the end of the year on the
country’s main grid.
It also comes as the federal government announces a $36 million funding boost
to the Driving the Nation program, bringing available funding to boost take up
of heavy electric vehicles in the logistics and delivery sectors to $100
million.
The separate trucking funding announced on Saturday will see Linfox use a $19.6
million grant to help roll out 26 battery-electric trucks across three of its
distribution centres in Queensland, South Australia and Victoria, and to build
supporting charging infrastructure at the sites.
Toll will use a $9 million grant to deploy 28 battery-electric trucks and
construct supporting charging infrastructure – 30 charging ports for electric
trucks – at 10 sites across Australia. The plan involves 18 Volvo electric
prime movers and 10 Volvo electric rigid trucks.
“These are important steps forward for the industry to roll out cleaner,
quieter, more comfortable trucks. And over time it will bring down their
operating costs, which is ultimately a good thing for consumers,” Bowen said in
a speech to an EV conference in Sydney.
In a separate announcement, ARENA said Linfox will deploy its 26 battery
electric trucks over three years to a range of customers across metropolitan
and regional routes, and will seek to validate the performance of heavy EV
trucks over longer distances, multiple duty cycles per day and at scale."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
