- International shipping and logistics firm, DFDS, has announced the addition of 10 heavy-duty electric trucks to its UK truck fleet, as it aims towards a 25% electrified truck fleet across all its national operations, by 2030.
- The firm will also look to add additional electric trucks to its UK fleet throughout 2025.
- Including other countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, DFDS has already added 115 electric trucks to its fleet.
More electric trucks added to DFDS’ fleet
This new addition of 10 Volvo FH Electric trucks to its UK fleet is part of another 110 eHGVs that the logistics firm is planning to add to its Europe-wide fleet over the coming years, as part of a longer-standing partnership between Volvo Trucks and DFDS.
DFDS says that the existing 115-wide eHGV fleet has already clocked up a combined 1.2 million miles throughout the first half of 2024, resulting in an equivalent CO2 reduction, compared to a comparable diesel-powered fleet, of 2,112 tonnes.
The firm has already opened a number of its own truck charging stations in mainland Europe, which are also set to open up for other hauliers to use in the future. With major truck CPOs like Milence also pushing hard on bringing more truck charging infrastructure to Europe, we should start to see more truck operators switch to electric options in large numbers. That’ll be helped along even more, when Volvo releases a longer-range variant of the FH Electric net year.
Allan Bell, Vice President and Head of DFDS Logistics for UK & Ireland, commented:
“DFDS wants to drive the transition to low-emission road transport. We are pleased to be deploying electric trucks in the UK, which will enable us to support more companies that want to decarbonise their supply chains. There are still challenges ahead and we need to work together across sectors to be successful, for example in setting up charging infrastructure, but DFDS is committed to do whatever we can to push the development forward.
We already have extensive experience operating electric trucks on several European markets, and we will use that experience in the UK. The interest from UK companies in more sustainable road transport solutions is substantial, and we have ambitions to scale up our low-emission transport offerings in the future. And with electric trucks operating across our extensive network, we can help lower the emissions for customers not only in the UK but on freight across Europe”