DHL to debut zero-emission electric delivery vans in US cities
StreetScooter Work XL electric van
Deutsche PostDHLGroup'sStreetScooterelectricvehicle unit will enter theUSmarket next year asdeliveryfirms and municipalities work to cut greenhouse gasemissions.
DHLwilldebutStreetScooter'szero-emissionWork Ldeliveryvan in two urbanUS markets, one on each coast, starting in Spring 2020, the companies said. They did not specify which markets would be the first.
Full deployment could come in 2022 and 2023, said Ulrich Stuhec, StreetScooter's chief technology officer, who joined the company from Ford Motor Co in October.
Los Angeles, London, Berlin, Tokyo and 30 othercitiesaround the globe have been working to establishzero-emissionzones by 2030. Thosecitieshope to curb accumulating greenhouse gases that contribute to extreme weather, higher temperatures, and rising sea levels, which have steep economic, environmental and human costs.
The transportation industry - which includes fossil-fuel-burning ships, trains, trucks, and planes - accounted for 14 per centof global greenhouse gasemissions in 2010, according to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Over the last three years,DHLhas kicked off "CO2-free last-miledelivery" efforts with Germancitieslike Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich.
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Roughly 10,000 of the 12,000 StreetScooterelectricvehicles on the road makeDHLdeliveries. They operate in Amsterdam, Vienna, andcitiesaround Germany - saving roughly 36,000 metric tons of CO2 per truck each year, StreetScooter said.
"We have the most experience on the road while others are still working on their first prototypes," StreetScooter's Stuhec said in a recent interview.
Up-and-comingdeliverycompetitor Amazon.com Inc in September gave theelectricvehicle industry a jolt with its plan to order 100,000electricdeliveryvansfrom Rivian Automotive LLC, a company it funds. The firstvansshould hit streets in 2021. Meanwhile, Amazon said it'sdeliverypartners are using around 200electricvehicles.
United Parcel Service Inc has 1,000electricand hybridelectricvehicles in its fleet, and FedEx Corplast year announced plans to deploy 1,000electricvehicles in California.
DHLfully acquired StreetScooter in 2014. The unprofitable subsidiary is seeking new investors and customers to further ramp production. Current partners include the United Kingdom's Milk & More, which ordered 200 trucks, and Japanesedeliveryfirm Yamato, which has started to deploy 500 planned vehicles.
In September, StreetScooter cracked the world's biggestelectricvehicle market - signing a memorandum of understanding with Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile Coto beginelectricvan production in 2021.