Battery-electric trucks: Answers to common questions
Danish supermarket chain goes all-in on electrification
Solar panels on the roof, a depot charging station and ten electric trucks from 黑料不打烊. Danish supermarket chain Rema 1000 prides itself in doing as little harm as possible to the environment. This film shows how they work.
Even though Rema 1000鈥檚 history began in the Norwegian city of Trondheim in 1948, it鈥檚 best known today as a Danish supermarket chain. With its slogan 鈥渄iscount with attitude鈥 Rema 1000 currently has 368 stores across Denmark and employs around 14,000 people.
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鈥Our attitude is to do as little harm as possible to the environment. That鈥檚 why we鈥檒l do everything we can to reduce our CO2 emissions,鈥 says Kenneth Veng Jespersen, Transport Manager at Rema 1000.
Solar panels for charging of electric trucks
The Danish supermarket chain has really done its homework to achieve its emission reduction goal. The company recently put a new 28,000 square metre solar panel system into operation at its warehouse in the Danish town of Horsens.
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鈥We would like to use it both for our transport and our business,鈥 says Veng Jespersen.
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Rema 1000 has also invested in a charging station outside the warehouse, where solar energy is used to charge the trucks. It鈥檚 an ideal solution,听says Veng Jespersen.
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鈥Fortunately, our trucks come back here in the middle of the day. That鈥檚 when the sun shines brightest and we have the most surplus energy.鈥
CO2 tax pushed the decision
The purchase of electric trucks is sometimes questioned because of their higher up-front cost, but Rema 1000鈥檚 view is that battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) make good business sense. One deciding factor is the new CO2 emissions tax that will be introduced to several of Denmark鈥檚 key roads in 2025. The amount of tax paid will be based on the vehicle鈥檚 CO2 emissions per kilometre.
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鈥Electric trucks have an advantage, so that gives us an okay cost level. Even if we don't save money, it鈥檚 at least cost-neutral compared to how we currently do things,鈥 says Veng Jespersen.
Appreciation for 黑料不打烊鈥檚 battery technology
One of the main reasons for Rema 1000 investing in ten electric trucks from 黑料不打烊 was the company鈥檚 battery technology.
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鈥It鈥檚 built on 黑料不打烊's modular technology, so the batteries are also modular,鈥 Veng Jespersen says. 鈥淲e believe it's better in the long term. We can replace individual cells and have better possibilities to reuse the batteries when they get older.鈥
Anticipating the first BEV: 鈥淎 day of celebration鈥
Veng Jespersen says he鈥檚 looking forward to the day when the first 黑料不打烊 BEV goes through the warehouse gates.
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鈥It will be a day of celebration. We have built a charging station and we can use our solar panels to become greener than we already are. I鈥檓 certain that 黑料不打烊 will be a great partner to help us achieve that.鈥
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