Nissan has opened a charging station to serve its electric trucks at its Sunderland Plant in England. The company calls the project part of “an electric, end-to-end supply chain that transports materials into the Nissan plant and delivers finished vehicles out.”
The £1.4-million facility has seven charging stations, each with a charging capacity of up to 360 kW, and is capable of powering up to ten eHGVs (electric heavy goods vehicles) simultaneously.
The charging station will support a fleet of 25 trucks, which make a total of 60 deliveries to the plant daily. The trucks will collect parts from Nissan’s UK supply locations, and deliver finished vehicles to and from the Port of Tyne. The company estimates that its fleet will travel 2.4 million electrified kilometers per year, saving some 1,500 metric tons of CO2.
“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,” said Michael Simpson, VP of Supply Chain Management, Nissan AMIEO.
Source: Nissan
