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"Electric road freight company New Energy Transport has announced plans to
fast-track the roll out of 20 electric prime movers – which will ply corridors
between Sydney and regional centres – after landing $5 million in funding.
NET has the first electric prime movers will operational before the end of the
year, supported by six “mobile” ultra-fast charging units that will be deployed
as it constructs its first electric truck charging hub in Wilton, south of
Sydney, as reported by
The Driven in April.
“We’ve seen a surge in demand from some of Australia’s largest transport buyers
and this backing means we can meet that demand by providing reliable electric
road freight in Australia before the end of the year,” company co-founder
Daniel Bleakley says.
NET describes itself as Australia’s first vertically integrated electric
freight platform, and its initial freight corridors will run between Sydney,
Wollongong, Newcastle, Yass, and Canberra, then regional centres such as
Griffith and Wagga, and with Adelaide, Melbourne, and Brisbane to be added by
2031.
Its centrepiece will be the hub at Wilton, Australia’s largest planned heavy
electric trucking depot, which was recently selected under the Federal
Government’s Investor Front Door program as a project of national significance,
but this won’t be completed until late 2027.
The “mobile” chargers, on the other hand, can be operational within 16 weeks."
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