Renault Trucks tests electric truck for city logistics in Amsterdam
The experimental electric truck has a gross vehicle weight of 26 tonnes. It is based on the E-Tech D from Renault Trucks and is equipped with three batteries with 94 kWh each. That means that the EV can travel up to 150 kilometres between charges.
Renault Trucks does not say in its press release that the Oxygen is based on the E-Tech D. However, the fact that it rolled off the production line in Blainville-sur-Orne, where the E-Tech D and the E-Tech D Wide are manufactured, speaks in favour of this. The E-tech C and T are manufactured in Bourg-en-Bresse near Lyon. Renault Trucks does not provide any information on the Oxygen’s charging capacity in its press release. However, all the manufacturer’s trucks can currently charge AC and DC.
The test run is scheduled to last six months. During this period, the electric truck will make refrigerated deliveries from the warehouse to the Jumbo supermarket in the centre of Amsterdam. According to Renault Trucks, Jumbo is the second-largest retailer in the Netherlands, with 700 shops in the Netherlands and Belgium.
“The successful partnership with Jumbo and SVZ on this innovative project highlights the power of collaboration in achieving sustainability goals” explains Jerome Berthelet, Managing Director at Renault Trucks in The Netherlands. “We were aligned on the same desire to create a low-carbon urban solution. Carrying out the pilot project in Amsterdam, a pioneering city in terms of environmental management, adds considerable value to our mission.”
Just a few weeks ago, the manufacturer presented a new CEP vehicle to journalists in Lyon. The laboratory truck in question had only received homologation the day before. In this case, Renault Trucks is working with the French logistics company Geodis, which will initially deploy the Oxygen for last-mile deliveries in Paris (during the Olympic Games) and from September in Lyon. The trial will focus on whether the vehicle is suitable for purely urban logistics (in Paris) and logistics between the city centre and suburbs (Lyon).
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