RENAULT Trucks has signed a contract with the Carlsberg Group to deliver 20, D Wide ZE 100% electric 26 tonne trucks, to be operated by Carlsberg Group’s Swiss subsidiary, the Feldschlösschen brewery.
Bruno Blin, president of Renault Trucks, said: ‘It is the first order of this scale in Europe. It proves to our customers that the transport sector is undergoing a major transformation and reflects an industrial and commercial reality: our Renault electric trucks are rolling off the assembly line and will soon be on the roads of Europe.’
The 20 Renault trucks will make daily delivery rounds of between 100 and 200km from the brewer’s 15 logistics centres across Switzerland.
Renault has a range of electric trucks from 3.1 to 26 tonnes, D and D Wide ZE are produced at the manufacturer’s plant in Blainville-sur-Orne (Calvados, France).
