One of Australasia’s leading integrated transport and logistics suppliers, Kings has joined forces with CarBon to lead the EV charge, kicking off with five Foton iBLUE Electric trucks and two Skywell EC11 E-Cargo Vans, which arrived in January for an immediate start.
Kings provides a range of supply chain and warehouse solutions to the industrial, consumer, health, FMCG and retail sectors across Australia and New Zealand.
“The Skywell E-Cargo offers some of the most flexible recharging options and has the largest capacity of any commercial electric van in the Australian market, so it’s well suited to last mile delivery.
“The iBlue electric truck has the power and capacity to reliably compete with a diesel equivalent, so both these EVs are having an immediate positive impact,” he said.
Tim Horsford, Group General Manager HSEQ of Kings Group, said the new EVs will add significant zero emission delivery capacity in addition to Kings’ existing EV fleet of seven vehicles, with more coming online throughout the year.
Barry Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Kings Group said the new vehicles were part of Kings Group’s broader strategy to reduce the company’s carbon footprint as it moves towards more sustainable solutions in transport.
“As a Group we’re conscious of our environmental impact, so we’re working with CarBon to take the lead in the integrated logistics sector and transitioning to zero emission vehicles where feasible,” he said.
Mr Gillespie said commercial transport operators can act now to decarbonise their fleets and start to lower their total cost of ownership.
“The transport industry is a big emitter of greenhouse gases and commercial vehicles are responsible for around one third of those emissions, so electrification at scale will play a significant role in helping to slow climate change.
“Transitioning to EVs insulates against regulatory dynamics, improves brand equity and importantly, zero- emissions vehicles are projected to reach total cost of ownership parity across multiple use cases in the next decade.
