Blacktown City Council says it’s getting positive feedback from drivers after trialling an electric garbage truck for street cleaning and waste collection.
Blacktown is the latest council to explore replacing heavy waste services vehicles – which are major emissions contributors for councils – with more environmentally friendly options.
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Energy firm looks to reduce carbon emissions and noise
Energy infrastructure firm Jemena is running what it says an Australian-first electric powered ‘cherry picker’ truck as part of its effort to reduce carbon emissions across the Jemena Electricity Network in Melbourne’s north-west.
Addition of the electric elevated work platform truck, ai...
The Jemena Electricity Distribution Network in Victoria has just received its first electric Hino truck with Elevated Work Platform (EWP) in Australia.
Made by Melbourne’s SEA electric in collaboration with Niftylift, the elevated work platform truck will help reduce the operational carbon output of Jemena, which delivers electricity in Victori...
Canadian firm offers ‘new brain for electric motors’
SEA Electric is expanding its North American footprint, partnering with Exro Technologies to enhance electric powertrain technology for heavy duty trucks and delivery vehicles.
The partners say they will co-develop and test powertrains based on Exro’s Coil Driver and the SEA-Drive technolo...
Foodstuffs and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) have partnered up to build New Zealand’s first electric powered refrigerated heavy duty truck.
From the tailgate to the engine and the fridge-freezer unit that sits on top, everything on the vehicle is powered by a battery.
It is the latest of several projects between Foo...
VANCOUVER, B.C. (July 15, 2020) – Exro Technologies Inc. (CSE:XRO; OTCQB: EXROF) (“Exro” or the “Company”), and Australia’s SEA Electric Pty Ltd. (“SEA Electric”) are partnering to enhance electric powertrain technology for heavy duty trucks and delivery vehicles.
Recognized as a global leader in the electrification of commercial vehi...
We've heard a lot this year about the importance of being kind to one another, and for one Kiwi charity its ability to bring "moments of kindness" to New Zealanders having a tough time has been made a whole lot easier thanks to a corporate donation from New World. Good Bitches Baking (GBB), has a network of volunteers around New Zealand who make s...
There is a commercial electric vehicles future awaiting this country, the domestic elements of which will unfold over the coming years
Like a wave building beneath a surfboard, SEA Electric president Tony Fairweather is feeling a surge of momentum in his business and the commercial electric vehicle (CEV) sector in general.
With 272 units har...
New Zealand-owned waste management and streetscape maintenance company Civic Contractors has introduced a new EV truck to carry out sanitation and street cleaning.
The 11-tonne truck picks up various-sized wheelie bins and washes them with hot water and steam, killing pathogens and bacteria (including COVID-19) and eliminating bad smells.
It...
There has been plenty of hype in the media about the potential of electric trucks, but Diesel News went to see and drive a practical electric truck. It may not have all of the high-end super-high-tech of the the highly publicised trucks like Tesla or Nikola, but it does have some runs on the board.
The subject of electric trucks gets a lot of c...
SEA Electric achieved another important milestone with the successful granting of the patent for its SEA-Drive® technology in Australia.
The ‘Management System for Commercial Electric Vehicles’ patent was granted on February 28, almost three years after the initial submission in April 2017.
The milestone is the culmination of many years of r...
Automotive technology company SEA Electric has been granted a patent for its SEA-Drive technology in Australia used in trucks and vans.
The ‘Management System for Commercial Electric Vehicles’ patent was granted on February 28 after an initial submission on April 18, 2017.
The milestone is the culmination of many years of research, product d...
SEA Electric make fully electric commercial vehicles and are quickly gaining ...
What’s said to be South Australia’s first zero-emissions electric-powered kerbside garbage and recycling collection truck went into service in Adelaide last week.
The truck was supplied by Queensland-headquartered Superior Pak and uses drivetrain technology from Victoria’s ...
Picture: PLUGGED IN, East Waste GM Rob Gregory said the new Acco EV is much cheaper to run than a conventional truck in the long-term.
SOUTH Australia’s first electric-powered kerbside collection truck is now operating on the streets of metropolitan Adelaide.
East Waste General Manager Rob Gregory said the new truck replaces a diesel-powered truck...
Australian automotive technology company SEA Electric continues to power ahead in the United States opening a new California based office and expanding their Senior Sales team.
The new 12,000 square foot facility in Torrance, Los Angeles will act as the commercial EV hub for the California area. On the back of accepting large multiple EV truck ord...
Swedish furniture retail giant Ikea’s Australian arm has added another clean and green electric delivery truck to its fleet, launched by transport service provider All Purpose Transport in Queensland.
The all-electric truck is another stepping stone towards Ikea Australia’s Bridie Schmidt
Bridie Schmidt is lead reporter for ...
SEA Electric’s modified Hino 917 glider a Queensland working first
A decade’s relationship between All Purpose Transport and homeware firm Ikea is behind the advent of Queensland’s first electric delivery truck entering service.
Mark Bailey, Paul Kahlert and Renea Robson at the official event
In both cases, the CEV in question is a modified Hi...
Queensland transport operator, All Purpose Transport, is now offering an electric truck solution for Ikea and its other customers, with the introduction of an electric delivery vehicle into the fleet.
The truck was launched in Brisbane at the Royal International Convention Centre by Queensland Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey.
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Channel 9 News Queensland report on Queensland's first 100% electric truck.
Ikea is partnering with a logistics company to make Queensland’s first electric truck service.
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Alsco New Zealand has launched what it claims is the country's first "inter-city heavy EV" truck.
The company, formerly known as NZTS, serves about 30,000 customers per week cleaning and delivering uniforms/linen and distributing cleaning products.
Alsco is now running a Hino GH 1828 truck with a fully-EV power system producing a continuous 2...
New Zealand’s first long-haul EV road freighter has been launched on November 27 at Auckland’s Eden Park by Alsco NZ.
The company, which provides linen, uniforms, floorcare, hygiene and first aid products, consumables and other rental services to more than 27,000 Kiwi businesses, will use the heavy EV for transporting such goods about 286km daily ...
AUSTRALIAN electric vehicle start-up SEA Electric has scored its biggest order yet – 100 electrified Hino trucks for Californian electric vehicle service provider Zeem Solutions.
And the Melbourne-based company expects more such orders from California where government rebate vouchers can cut up to 80 per cent from the price of all-electric vehicle...
The Australia Institute’s National Energy Emissions Audit revealed the disheartening news that growth in diesel consumption, mainly in road transport, has negated gains made in carbon emissions reduction achieved in the NEM. But one Australian automotive-engineering firm has plans to transform the light-to-medium-duty diesel-slurping vehicle sector...
Commercial electric vehicle service provider Zeem Solutions has placed an order for 100 all-electric Hino 195 EVs with automotive technology company SEA Electric.
The SEA Hino 195 EVs are powered by the SEA-Drive 120a power-system, offering 110 hp continuous power, 170 hp maximum power, and boasting a maximum torque of 1,106 lb.-ft.
With a range ...
Australian electric truck and bus company SEA Electric has taken its largest order to date from US-based commercial electric fleet provider Zeem Solutions, announcing an order for 100 Hino 195 EVs on Friday.The Hino 195 EVs, which offer up to 320km driving range, use SEA Electric’s 120a SEA-Drive powertrain built onto a Hino 195 medium-duty truck b...
New Zealand’s largest electric heavy vehicle (eHV) is on the road moving containers between port and rail facilities in Auckland.
Container hire and sales business ContainerCo, with support from Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority (EECA), has introduced the Isuzu truck featuring Sea Electric technology.
It can carry three 20-foot contai...
1 News NZ showcases the SEA FSR EV powered by the SEA-Drive® 120b, recently deployed to Container Co to carry empty containers on short hops around the New Zealand ports.
Resident motorhead Mike Holland gets all the details on the environmentally friendly big rig. Source: Seven Sharp
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We can be in no doubt that electric trucks are the future and it’s simply a matter of how long until electric power predominates. The amount of investment by all of the major manufacturers in electric power technology is running at a rate which tells us they all believe in an electric future.
There have been a number of stories about developing el...
SEA Electric founder Tony Fairweather joins The Driven podcast to discuss his company’s plans in Australia and overseas, and predicts that within five to 10 years, all delivery vans in Australia will be electric.
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