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"Australia’s largest fleet of heavy-duty electric trucks will drive down
emissions on roads across Queensland, Victoria and South Australia after a
record-breaking order from one of the nation’s biggest transport firms.
Linfox announced plans to purchase 30 electric prime movers from the Volvo
Group on Thursday, following two trials of smaller electric trucks.
While 10 of the large vehicles were delivered to Linfox’s Brisbane
headquarters, Volvo representatives said the order would accelerate its plans
to manufacture electric trucks in Australia.
The announcement also comes after several electric truck investments co-funded
by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, and changes to laws in some states
allowing the larger and heavier vehicles on Australian roads.
Linfox’s heavy-duty electric truck order had the potential to challenge other
firms to make similar commitments, Volvo Group Australia president Martin
Merrick said, as well as addressing skepticism about zero-emissions transport.
“This is a really bold step that will give other companies the confidence to do
this,” he told
AAP.
“We have around 90 battery electric trucks running around Australia today
operating successfully and they’ve covered over 1.1 million kilometres
collectively so they’re doing the job that people thought they couldn’t do.”
The prime movers were expected to cover between 250 and 300 kilometres per day,
Mr Merrick said, and recharge at Linfox bases overnight."
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
