Tesco using electric lorries in 'UK first'
Asda, Sainsbury's and Aldi have said they were trialling natural gas-powered lorries which they said would cut emissions by up to 90% compared to diesel.Tesco has more than 2,000 delivery trucks serving its more than 2,500 UK stores from 22 distribution depots
But Tesco said it was the only major UK supermarket to use fully-electric articulated trucks and it comes after research shows"We as a business have set ourselves some challenging targets to get its carbon zero by 2035 and being involved in this being the first to introduce an electric HGVs is part of that journey," said Mr Steventon.
"But this is the start of us learning how to do electric trucks with a view to rolling that out further," he added.Tesco have more than 2,000 home delivery vans across he UK and say they will be all be electric within six years Tesco has already started using electric vehicles for its home delivery service and has pledged that it will be "fully electrified by 2028".The haulage firm operating the service for Tesco is FSEW of Cardiff and it was chosen because it helped the retailer "drive some of that technology to become the first".
"The industry was basically saying 'no, it's not going to happen, it's too soon and the electric the range is too short'," said FSEW boss Geoff Tomlinson.He said by charging the lorries while unloading, his electric lorries can make three round-trips from Wentloog to Magor before needing to charge for several hours.
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