Maersk and Einride have signed a 5-year deal to bring 300 electric trucks to the freight distribution system in North America.
with Maersk to put 300 battery-electric Class 8 trucks into service in America. The trucks will be delivered between 2023 and 2025 and will be used by Performance Team — its North American warehousing, distribution, and transportation business. The trucks will use Einride’s digital road freight operating system and charging solutions.
“Our customers are looking for tangible actions on sustainable supply chains — not just conceptual. Today’s order is an important step in building our end-to-end, landside decarbonization foundation while also addressing customers inland transportation pain points. Maersk has ain motion for our Ocean activities which represent 93% of all company-related emissions. This order marks the expansion of our ambitions to cover all services across transport modes,” says Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc.
The first of the trucks for use by the Maersk-Einride partnership will Class 8 8TT Gen 3 tractors manufactured by BYD at its factory in Southern California. Other truck truck manufacturers will also provide electric trucks that incorporate Einride technology, according toThis will mark the first large scale use of Einride’s digital road freight operating system, which centralizes decision making today make freight distribution more efficient. Maersk invested in Einride in 2021.
“This is one of the biggest deals ever made to make transportation sustainable, and it comes at a critical time. Not only is the road freight industry responsible for close to 8% of all global CO2 emissions — a number that will continue to grow if cost effective change is not made today — but you also have a world that is more aware than ever before about the urgent need to shift to electric.
The electric trucks will be used in Maersk’s North American warehousing, distribution, and transport business in selected US cities. Over the 5-year contract, more than one million freight hauling events will be completed using the zero emissions trucks, saysMaersk will also have access to 150 charging stations and connectivity services linked to Einride’s Saga operating system.
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