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BMW's 40-tonne electric truck hits public roads

13 July 2015/Categories: CILT, Industry News, Active Travel & Travel Planning, Logistics & Supply Chain, Transport Planning


BMW has deployed Europe's first 40-tonne, fully-electric truck. The vehicle, which will be charged using 100 percent renewable energy will initially be used to transport automotive parts between facilities in Munich.

The result of a partnership between BMW and service provide Scherm, the truck has a range of 100km (62 miles) on a full battery and can be fully charged in three to four hours. The truck is the first of its kind to be used on public roads in Europe and has already completed its first test drives. 

It will initially be used to transport vehicle components such as shock absorbers and springs between a BMW factory and Scherm's logistics centre and should cover up to 16km (10 miles) a day.

BMW said that as well as generating no direct CO2 emissions the truck would be quieter than conventional diesel vehicles. Compared to a diesel engine the electric truck will save 11.8 tonnes of CO2 per year, the equivalent emissions generated by a BMW 320d EfficientDynamics car going around the world almost three times.

The need for electric and other alternative energy freight vehicles is becoming increasingly acute. Heavy duty vehicles -- trucks and busses -- are responsible for a quarter of all CO2 emissions from road transport in the EU and six percent of total EU emissions. 

Despite efforts to increase fuel efficiency in recent years, emissions from such vehicles are still rising as a result of increasing road freight traffic. Emissions from all vehicles in the EU are still 20.5 percent higher than in 1990. Work has been underway for some time to deliver EU-wide policy to reduce emissions from both freight and passenger transport.

Ilse Aigner, Bavaria's minister for economic affairs said the project was an example of how companies "can succeed on the global market with sustainable products".

Source: Wired

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