Popular food and clothing retailer Woolworths has announced via social media that it’s trial-running a handful of electric vans that Everlectric has supplied (and operated in partnership with DSV, its logistics partner). The company aims to reduce its impact on the environment across its value chain.
Everlectric is a bespoke supplier of electric vans. The vehicles that Woolworths is using, according to a report by CleanTechnica, is the SAIC Maxus eDeliver3. It’s an all-electric vehicle with a carrying capacity of 905kg. The van boasts a 52.5kWh battery pack for 240km of driving range on a WLTP cycle.
Woolworths uses photovoltaic solar panels to capture energy from the sun, which it then pipes into the test vehicles’ battery packs at its depot. Using the sun’s power and considering the overall reduction in emissions compared to using a diesel-powered delivery vehicle of this capacity, Woolies has been able to save 3.6 tons of carbon dioxide emissions over the past two months of testing the electric vans.