Fuso electric truck trial in Auckland’s city centre

Date: 02.06.2021

The one-year trial will begin around July 2021

Kathy Schluter

The one-year trial will begin around July 2021

Kathy Schluter

FUSO announced the arrival of six of the world’s first series produced with integrated safety features, fully electric light trucks at the Port of Auckland

After five years of preparation in New Zealand and more than three million kilometres of road testing internationally, FUSO announced the arrival of six of the world’s first series-produced with integrated safety features, fully electric light trucks at the Port of Auckland.

The one-year trial will officially start around July 2021. FUSO, in partnership with EROAD, has collaborated with major fleet operators Mainfreight, Bidfood, Toll Group, Owens Transport, and Vector OnGas. 

The operators will use the eCanter trucks for inner-city delivery routes working with their customers and drivers to optimise the potential of their trucks, develop insights into optimum scheduling and vehicle capacity, and to identify solutions to any unanticipated barriers to electric truck operation in the proposed Zero Emissions Area (ZEA).

Kathy Schluter, FUSO’s general manager of sales and customer experience, says she’s proud to be collaborating with a such a wide variety of credible, future-thinking brands and is hopeful that the ZEA trial will form a benchmark for other businesses who may be considering a transition to sustainable vehicle fleets.

"The arrival of our breakthrough eCanter trucks to Auckland is a momentous and hugely significant milestone for New Zealand transport. FUSO’s commitment to the delivery of electric trucks in New Zealand will amplify our country’s renewable electricity advantage and accelerate the need to decarbonise vehicle fleets to deliver on the government’s climate change goals."

Fuso says while the cornerstone of the new eCanters is sustainability, it also provides major protection to drivers and other road users with advanced safety features such as Active Emergency Braking, Lane Departure Warning System, and Electronic Stability Control.

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