GE Appliances deploying fleet of electric trucks

GE Appliances deploying fleet of electric trucks

GE Appliances is deploying a fleet of electric freight vehicles on routes between the company’s inbound warehouses and its manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia and Tennessee.

The move will increase efficiency, reliability and lower the cost of moving manufacturing materials and components in a critical segment of the company’s supply chain, the company says. GE adds it will also provide data for the company to assess the environmental benefits of electric vehicles to achieve its operation’s sustainability goals. This is the implementation phase of an agreement between GEA and Einride.

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The trucks have a range of 200 miles per charge.

The EV trucks are being driven on routes between facilities operated by the Port of Savannah, and GEA’s inbound warehousing and logistics centers, manufacturing sites and finished-goods warehouses. The trucks have a range of 200 miles per charge and will cover an estimated 125,000 miles annually – eliminating 210 tons of CO2 emissions within the first year, GE says.

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The trucks will cover an estimated 125,000 miles annually.

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