Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) is using a battery-electric Freightliner Cascadia truck to deliver parts to its own aftermarket operations in Arizona working with its logistics provider JB Hunt Transport.

It builds on DTNA’s use of electric trucks for parts deliveries to manufacturing plants and parts distribution centres (PDCs) across North America, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Arizona, Ohio, Michigan and across the Mexican border to Saltillo, Mexico.

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JB Hunt has included the eCascadia truck into its own fleet for DTNA deliveries

In June DTNA announced it is working with its transport provider Salem Carriers to deliver inbound parts on electric trucks in the US Carolinas.

Earlier in January DTNA’s division in Mexico delivered the first of two battery electric Freightliner eCascadias to Transportes Esteban. The electric Class 8 truck will be running in day-to-day plant operations in Daimler Truck Mexico’s truck manufacturing plant (TMP) in Santiago. At the same time, the truckmaker said the Santiago plant also became the official location of the second commercial vehicle charging facility in Mexico, specifically designed to support electric charging of heavy-duty trucks.

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In Texas, JB Hunt will incorporate the Freightliner etruck into its own fleet to deliver service parts from DTNA’s PDC in Phoenix to surrounding dealers covering around 160km a day.

It is the first all-electric route in DTNA’s aftermarket parts distribution network, according to the truckmaker, and will significantly reduce carbon emissions. DTNA said the launch of the etruck set a precedent for future sustainable logistics operations. To support the move, DTNA installed a Detroit eFill charger at its Phoenix facility, the first charging station to be installed at a DTNA PDC.

“JB Hunt owns and operates several eCascadias on behalf of customers, and our drivers have really enjoyed their in-cab experience,” said Greer Woodruff, executive vice-president of safety, sustainability and maintenance at JB Hunt. “As customer interest continues to grow, we are here to enable their pursuit for a more sustainable supply chain in the most economic means possible.”

In August JB Hunt revealed it is working with technology provider Kodiak on the delivery of tyres from Bridgestone Americas using autonomous trucks between Georgia and Texas in the US.

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