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"A new era of all-electric trucking is being hailed after Australia’s first
inter-city delivery from warehouse to customers was completed at a much lower
cost, and even faster than traditional diesel trucks.
The electric trucking company New Energy Transport is claiming the Australian
first after organising the delivery of a bulk load of Who Gives A Crap toilet
paper from Sydney to Canberra, using an electric prime mover and then a fleet
of electric last mile delivery trucks to get the merchandise to the final
destination.
According to NET’s Daniel Bleakley the energy costs from the 460 kilometres
covered by the Chinese-made Windrose prime mover and the last mile delivery
vehicles supplied by logistics group ANC last week were 85 per cent below the
cost of a diesel truck.
And it was faster, too. The Windrose electric prime mover (which has a 700 kWh
battery) covered the trip from Sydney to Canberra in a single charge. And
because it can maintain speed up steep hills – unlike diesel trucks – it
completed the trip 25 minutes faster than a diesel truck.
The timing is, of course, significant, given the Middle East conflict, the
soaring cost of diesel, and the damage that is doing to the trucking industry
in Australia, with many smaller operators simple not operating because of the
cost of driving their vehicles.
“This delivery ushers in a new era for Australian road freight where electric
heavy trucks are not just cheaper and faster, they unshackle Australia from
volatile global oil markets, dramatically strengthening our supply chain
resilience,” Bleakley says.
“Australia must act now and seize this moment to decouple from diesel.
Australia’s major transport buyers, including our supermarket chains who depend
on diesel-based trucking to deliver food to millions, have a responsibility to
accelerate the transition to resilient road freight.”"
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
