News / Sceptical hauliers take spark out of the drive towards electric trucking

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15/09/2021

Drivers, hauliers and their associations remain unconvinced by electric HGVs as a fossil-fuel free alternative for haulage – even after DPD set a new distance in an electric truck.

DPD’s fully electric HGV travelled around 1,100 km around a test track.

News of the achievement followed DHL’s ...

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