DHL Group has opened an EV Center of Excellence to support EV manufacturers and their logistics networks. The facility, located in Pozzuolo Martesana, near Milan, “will offer solutions for the entire EV supply chain, encompassing everything from component procurement to vehicle delivery to aftermarket logistics support.” The new 10,000-square-meter facility will serve as an inbound and… Read more »
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DHL Freight introduces Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 heavy electric tractor-trailers in Germany
DHL Freight, headquartered in Bonn, has deployed two Mercedes-Benz eActros 300 trucks for delivery and distribution transport at the company’s Koblenz and Hagen sites. The truck at Hagen makes round trips to the Mercedes-Benz truck plant in Kassel, and the second truck makes deliveries to customers in the Koblenz area. Each truck is powered by… Read more »
BrightDrop to supply DHL Express Canada with Zevo 600 EV delivery vans
GMs subsidiary BrightDrop has expanded to its first international market in Canada, agreeing to supply DHL Express Canada with Zevo 600 electric delivery vans. The company has also begun production of the BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric delivery van at GM’s CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario. To help meet customer demand, CAMI expects to produce 50,000… Read more »
Deutsche Post DHL orders 2,000 electric delivery vans from Ford Pro
Deutsche Post DHL Group is going electric—the German logistics giant plans to invest some 7 billion euros in electrification between now and 2030, by which date it aims to make 60% of its delivery vehicles zero-emission. The company currently operates a substantial number of Ford EVs at several locations around the world. Now DHL has… Read more »
DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks partner for electric truck pilot in Sweden
DHL Freight and Volvo Trucks have partnered to test the introduction of heavy-duty electric trucks for regional transport. To date, most deployments of electric trucks in Europe have been for shorter distances within urban areas. Now the two firms have initiated a project focusing on longer-distance heavy transport use cases. DHL and Volvo are conducting… Read more »
DHL Express deploys 100 Lightning electric delivery vans
Last-mile delivery is a perfect use case for EVs, but fleet operators (understandably) tend to insist on lengthy real-world pilots before placing substantial orders. The latest delivery giant to move from testing to deployment is DHL Express, which wrapped up a successful pilot program using nine Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350HD electric vans in the… Read more »
SSE Energy Solutions to build electric truck charging hub in Birmingham, UK
SSE Energy Solutions plans to build a charging hub for electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) at Tyseley Energy Park in Birmingham. SSE’s charging hub, located near the A45 motorway, will feature 360 kW chargers, and will accommodate up to four electric HGVs at a time. The facility will include a canopy made from galvanized steel… Read more »
The Fundamentals to Master Battery Validation and Production and the Challenges Ahead
The battery market for e-Mobility continues to grow, despite limited resources and challenging supply chains. As a result, competition is increasing and sustainable battery manufacturing is no longer a fashionable trend, but an absolute must in order to survive in the industry. In addition to optimizing factory infrastructure and manufacturing processes, companies require end-to-end quality… Read more »
BrightDrop reports production and customer-acquisition achievements
GM electric delivery system subsidiary BrightDrop has begun shipping the first 500 of its Zevo 600 EVs built at CAMI Assembly, GM’s Canadian EV manufacturing plant, which reopened three months ago for dedicated production of BrightDrop EVs. BrightDrop reports that it has sold out its production of 2023 model year Zevo 600s to more than… Read more »
GM Opens Canadian EV plant for BrightDrop Zevo electric delivery vans
GM and its subsidiary BrightDrop have opened up an EV manufacturing plant in Canada after completely retooling the CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario. The automaker began retooling CAMI for EV production on May 1, 2022, and in just seven months, the team installed entirely new production equipment covering two million square feet. BrightDrop will now… Read more »