They could not purr like a well-tuned diesel, however Pet Valu has added two brand-new, whisper-quiet Volvo VNR Electrical semi vans to its rising logistics fleet as a part of the corporate’s ongoing effort to rework its provide chain into one which’s extra environment friendly, and extra sustainable.
Pet Valu is considered one of Canada’s main specialty retailers, providing all kinds of pet meals, toys, and and different fur-and-feather pleasant provides to maintain pets wholesome and pleased. A part of the corporate’s efforts to ship on that pleased/wholesome promise is in lowering ground-level air air pollution, and these new, zero-tailpipe emission electrical semi vans will assist Pet Valu obtain that imaginative and prescient.
“At Pet Valu, we’re dedicated to repeatedly bettering how we serve devoted pet lovers and their pets,” explains Nico Weidel, chief provide chain officer, Pet Valu. “Every electrical supply truck represents a possibility to keep away from consuming over 25,000 liters of diesel gas or over 62 tonnes of CO2 (emissions) per yr. We’re excited to discover how these vans carry out and assess the potential for additional electrification of our supply fleet sooner or later.”
Pet Valu spec’ed out its new Class 8 Volvo VNR Electrical day cab vans with the 565 kWh six-battery pack configuration, providing route drivers an working vary of as much as 442 kilometers (about 275 miles) per cost. And, whereas Volvo’s VNRs are able to ultra-fast charging, these vans will energy up in a single day in a single day on the firm’s Surrey distribution middle an a newly put in 120 kW charger.
Along with deploying the vans, the Volvo Vehicles group labored carefully with Pet Valu to determine and safe extra funding alternatives to assist offset the excessive up-front value of the battery-electric semis, together with federal (Canadian) and provincial incentive applications Clear BC – Go Electrical and iMHZEV (incentives for Medium- and Heavy-Responsibility Zero-Emission Automobiles).
“We’re excited to see Pet Valu taking the initiative within the Canadian pet provide trade by adopting Volvo’s VNR Electrical vans,” says Matthew Blackman, managing director for Canada, Volvo Vehicles North America. “As they enterprise into sustainable transportation, this effort is anticipated to not solely strengthen their provide chain but additionally assist assist a more healthy planet, one ‘purr-fectly’ quiet kilometer at a time.”
And, sure: we made the identical joke. (I stand by it.)
Electrek’s Take
Pet Valu joins a rising checklist of firms – they usually’re already including to the tally of tens of tens of millions of all-electric, zero emission miles pushed by Volvo prospects. By the point Volvo rolls out its next-generation VNL and FH electrical semis later this yr, they are going to characterize firm’s third technology of Class 8 EVs, and will likely be backed by greater than 100,000,000 miles of real-world knowledge collected by 1000’s of vans throughout dozens of firms.
Can anybody catch up?
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