Royal Mail launched electric truck made by Arrival
"Royal Mail is delighted to be collaborating with Arrival and pioneering the adoption of large electric commercial vehicles. We will be putting them through their paces over the next several months to see how they cope with the mail collection demands from our larger sites," said Paul Gatti, Royal Mail Fleet’s Managing Director.
"We have trialled electric trucks before but not of this type of innovative design and look forward to see what additional benefits they can bring to our existing fleet of around 49,000 vehicles," said Gatti.
The electric van has the same price as the diesel. The red trucks, the iconic cross-bar and crown logo are built from ultra-light composite materials to reduce operating costs by more than 50 percent. The new design looks more futuristic than the Postman Pat truck.
"Cities like London will benefit hugely from a switch to electric, in terms of both pollution and noise," said Arrival CEO Denis Sverdlov.
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