Nissan gets parts delivered by electric truck

The Yusen Logistics truck covered a total route trip of 436 miles and provided real-world testing of the electric truck before going live with the end-to-end scheme, which will deploy 10 eHGVs.

The Yusen Logistics warehouse in Derby has the capacity to charge three eHGVs at any one time, while its Leeds site has also installed three 360kw and seven 43kw eHGV charging bays, allowing the site to charge 10 eHGVs.

The average charger speed is 250kwh, with an average time to charge being 2.5 hours to full capacity.

The project is part of Electric Freightway, led by Gridserve and part of the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme, funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK. The trial runs from September 2025 to September 2030.

Yusen Logistics UK and Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK’s (NMUK) charging station will support a fleet of 25 trucks with a charging capacity of up to 360kW, saving around 1,500 tonnes of CO₂ annually.

The trucks will collect parts from Nissan’s UK supply base, from the Midlands to Port of Tyne which equates to more than 2.4 million kilometres (1.5m miles) travelled per year, fully electrified, saving 1,500 tonnes of CO₂ annually.