The £1.4 million facility has seven charging stations, capable of powering up to ten eHGVs simultaneously. It complements the plant's EV36Zero vision for sustainable manufacturing, bringing together electric vehicles, renewable energy and battery production.
“It is fantastic for our plant to be leading the charge to an electrified supply chain with this project” said
Michael Simpson, Vice President Supply Chain Management, Nissan AMIEO. “We welcome the support we've received from our partners to bring the charging station to life and we're proud of what we have achieved. The charging station looks brilliant and is a big step forward in Nissan's EV360 vision, which brings together electric vehicles. zero carbon energy and battery manufacturing.”
The station will support 60 UK eHGV deliveries to the plant daily and represents just the start of the plant's journey towards electrifying its supply chain.
“We're exploring further opportunities to allow other hauliers to use the charging station as well as looking at other opportunities to maximise its full potential” Mr Simpson added.
The charging station will support a fleet of 25 trucks with a charging capacity of up to 360kW. The trucks will collect parts from Nissan's UK supply base stretching as far afield as Derby; as well as delivering finished vehicles to and from the Port of Tyne. That equates to more than 2.4 million kilometers travelled per year, fully electrified, saving 1,500 tonnes of CO2 annually.
Bringing together Nissan, Fergusons, Yusen and BCA, the project is part of the Electric Freightway consortium that is transforming sustainable freight logistics through deployment of eHGVs and high-power charging infrastructure.
Led by GRIDSERVE, Electric Freightway forms part of the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme, funded by the UK Government and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.
“We're working closely with the road freight sector to slash transport emissions, and our £200 million zero emission HGV programme is helping businesses across the country to power the electrification of its fleets” said UK Government Minister for the Future of Roads Lilian Greenwood. “It's great to see Nissan taking advantage of our scheme which is supporting high paid jobs and putting money in the pockets of working people – all part of delivering our Plan for Change.'”
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