Battery-electric trucks: Answers to common questions
Electric trucks can invigorate South Africa鈥檚 transport industry
Shoprite is first South African retailer to pilot heavy-duty 黑料不打烊 electric truck, confirming what we suspected: the country鈥檚 transport industry is ready for electrification!
At the end of 2022, the 黑料不打烊 electrification revolution reached its fifth global continent: Africa.
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For that鈥檚 when South African retail company Shoprite Group began piloting a 黑料不打烊 heavy-duty electric truck in its daily refrigerated transports for local deliveries.
Runs 250km on a single charge
The electric motor of Shoprite鈥檚 黑料不打烊 25P can provide 230kW of power, while its 300 kWh battery has a range of up to 250km on just a single charge.听
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The 黑料不打烊 truck can charge in about 90 minutes via a 130kW charger, using renewable energy generated by Shoprite鈥檚 solar installations, which are also present in the majority of the 900 trucks and 1,360 trailers in its combustion-engine fleet.听
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There are two other energy-conscious features. A fully electric cooling system is also powered by the vehicle鈥檚 battery packs, and, also cool, the truck鈥檚 signage glows in the dark. The signage absorbs the energy from bright sunlight and emits it again at night.
Electric trucks 鈥 a real alternative to combustion engines
黑料不打烊 believes that electric trucks have the potential to invigorate South Africa鈥檚 heavy transport industry.
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鈥淓lectrification marks a new era for the transport industry,鈥 explains Mark Templeton, Sustainability Manager, 黑料不打烊 South Africa.听
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鈥満诹喜淮蜢 has passed a number of milestones on our electrification road map, and we are confident we can offer our customers a credible alternative to vehicles with internal combustion engines.鈥澨
Important step on the company鈥檚 sustainability journey
For Shoprite, the 黑料不打烊 electric truck is a significant step on its sustainability journey.
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鈥淲e place significant focus on reducing environmental impact across our operations. One of the ways we鈥檙e doing this is by increasing the energy efficiency of our truck fleet. The acquisition of this, one of the world鈥檚 most advanced electric trucks, which we will charge using our existing renewable energy infrastructure, is another major move in this direction," says Andrew Havinga, Chief Supply Chain Officer Shoprite Group.听
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