Australian e-truck builder SEA Electric has delivered an electric delivery truck to fleet service provider All Purpose Transport. The new truck will be making deliveries for IKEA in Queensland.

SEA offers a range of 5 drivetrains for commercial vehicles from 3.5 tons to 27 tons GVM. Customers can select a new cab chassis from their preferred OEM supplier.

The new IKEA e-truck is built on a Hino 917 glider, and features the SEA-Drive 120a power system.

“The 100% electric power system offers a range of up to 300 kms (unladen),” Glen Walker, SEA Electric’s Regional Director of Oceania, told Work Truck Magazine, “saving an estimated 36 tonnes of CO₂ per annum when compared to a typical diesel equivalent [and delivering] enhanced driver comfort and safety with little heat and noise, and reduced cost of total ownership.”

“The 100% electric power system offers a range of up to 300 kms (unladen),” Glen Walker, SEA Electric’s Regional Director of Oceania, told Work Truck Magazine, “saving an estimated 36 tonnes of CO₂ per annum when compared to a typical diesel equivalent [and delivering] enhanced driver comfort and safety with little heat and noise, and reduced cost of total ownership.”

All Purpose Transport aims to electrify 10% of its IKEA delivery fleet by the end of 2020.

Another IKEA fleet partner, Sydney-based ANC, has had three SEA Electric delivery trucks on the road for the past 10 months. Work Truck reports that ANC’s three electric trucks have travelled a collective 85,000 km, an average of 185 km per day on a single charge.

IKEA hopes to make its home delivery fleet 100% electric by 2025.

Source: Work Truck Magazine