Supermarket retailer Iceland has plans to trial a 5.5 tonne electric truck vehicle in its home delivery fleet with the support of a government initiative. The Paneltex vehicle will be fitted with cold storage tech and use Route Monkey’s the Office for Low Emission VehiclesE optimisation algorithms to plan its transport routes, and will trial the Office for Low Emission Vehicles logistics performance for chilled goods. The trial is funded by a £38m initiative from EV and Innovate UK.
Supermarket retailer Iceland has plans to trial a 5.5 tonne electric truck vehicle in its home delivery fleet with the support of a government initiative. The Paneltex vehicle will be fitted with cold storage tech and use Route Monkey’s EVE optimisation algorithms to plan its transport routes, and will trial EV logistics performance for chilled goods. The trial is funded by a £38m initiative from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and Innovate UK.