DPD Ireland has reached the milestone of 1 million sustainable deliveries using electric vehicles, with the millionth parcel delivered to the office of An Tanaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, using the new Ford E-Transit, the first fully electric version of ireland’s top selling commercial vehicle, writes Trish Whelan.
The parcel-delivery company currently has 51 electric vehicles on the road in Ireland, and has ordered a further 110 E-Transit models, the largest order reported by Ford Ireland this year. The first batch are due to arrive in the Autumn, bringing the total number of electric vehicles used by DPD Ireland to over 100 by the year end.
The company is currently delivering more than 4,000 parcels per day by electric vehicle and estimates to have saved 72.65 tons of C02 emissions in 2021.
The new electric vehicles are Ford E-Transits which will provide more range and cubic capacity than any electric van to date.
DPD Ireland sustainability manager, James Atkinson, said the delivery firm places huge emphasis on sustainability and is determined to decarbonise its fleet by 2030. The company expects the Ford E-Transit to do in excess of 250km on a single charge. Some 20-25pc of DPD Ireland delivery routes are over 200km.
Des Travers, CEO DPD Ireland, is pictured with Padraig Duane, Fleet Business Manager, Ford Ireland, on the occasion of the delivery to the Tanaiste's office of DPD Ireland's 1 millionth sustainable delivery using an electric vehicle.
