DFDS receives first 10 of 100 Volvo electric semi truck order

European logistics agency DFDS positioned an enormous, 100 unit order for Volvo’s long-range electrical semi truck earlier this yr. Final week, they put their first 10 examples on the street delivering items in northwest England and Eire.

Since 2022, DFDS has been continually expanded its electric semi truck fleet, working dozens of the zero-emission tractors in international locations like Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands. As soon as the 100-unit order with Volvo Vans is fulfilled, DFDS can have nearly doubled its electrical fleet to 225 electrical semis in whole – giving it the logistics agency the biggest fleet of electrical semis in Europe.

“With our intensive expertise in working electrical vehicles throughout Europe, we’re able to deliver this experience to the UK,” says Allan Bell, Vice President and Head of DFDS Logistics in UK & Ireland. “The interest from UK companies in more sustainable road transport solutions is substantial, and we have ambitions to scale up our low-emissions transport offerings in the future.”

DFDS has deployed 115 electric trucks to date, adding more than 1.2 million all-electric miles to Volvo Truck’s massive mileage tally the first half of 2024 alone. That feat, in accordance with the corporate, saved greater than 2,100 tonnes of dangerous carbon emissions in comparison with a conventionally-powered diesel ICE fleet.

DFDS’ Volvo launch get together

The latest version of Volvo Trucks’ FH Electric semi offers customers up to 600 km (practically 375 miles) of all-electric vary, practically twice as a lot because the earlier model, due to Volvo’s new, compact, e-axle packaging.

That additional range is both another nail in diesel’s coffin and a game-changer for firms like DFDS, however extra work remains to be wanted. “There are nonetheless challenges forward and we have to work collectively throughout sectors to achieve success, for instance in organising charging infrastructure,” Bell provides. “DFDS is dedicated to do no matter we are able to to push the event ahead.”

SOURCE | IMAGES: Volvo Trucks; DFDS, by way of LinkedIn.