This is the second part of ATN’s look at two of Australia’s electric commercial truck early adopters’ experience of their experiment in support of Ikea using SEA Electric-powered light rigids. In it, Paul Kahlert of All Purpose Transport and Finn Dunleavy of ANC explain the driver’s view, how the managers went about it and how they view the future...
Australia’s electric commercial trucks operational experience is still in its infancy but early Australian adopters are in a position to explain what it took to get this experiment on the road and what was learnt from it, in part one of a two-part series
While it might seem electric trucks have had at least a decade to prove their worth in Aust...
Australian electric truck success story SEA Electric has supplied the first 100% electric tipper truck to the ACT Government this week, part of its target of running a zero emissions fleet by mid-2030.
SEA Electric, originally founded in Australia in 2012 but now headquartered in California, supplied a fully electric tipper truck powered by the...
Consultancy Invictus Advisory sees founder take SEA board position
SEA Electric reports two-thirds of a US capital raising effort has been gained so far.
The Melbourne-headquartered battery-electric propulsion firm has made significant headway in the US and says it closed US$20 million of a US$30 million (A$28-$43 million) ‘Series A’ round l...
Fulton Hogan and ORIX Australia Fleet Management have launched their first SEA Electric truck, which has zero emissions for an improved carbon footprint.
The all-electric SEA Hino 917 EV will be used as a road sign and maintenance vehicle at the City of Port Phillip in Melbourne.
Scott Thorpe, ORIX’s General Manager Sales and Marketing said,...
Australian electric truck manufacturer SEA Electric is set to partner with Toyota to deliver a new range of zero-emissions trucks, to be branded under Toyota’s truck subsidiary Hino.
The partnership was announced as part a major launch of Hino Trucks ‘Project Z’, which sets out the company’s pathway to delivering zero emissions commercial truck...
Hino Trucks has announced “Project Z,” outlining its plans to develop and release several zero-emissions vehicles over the next few years. The project includes both battery electric and fuel cell electric trucks.
“We’ll have some early prototypes in 2021, we’ll have customer demos in 2022, and we’ll be in full production before 2024,” said Glen...
Columbus, OH, September 16, 2020 – Two Men and a Truck Columbus is excited to announce it will deploy an all-electric Class 6 moving truck for its central Ohio operations – completely eliminating tailpipe emissions and significantly lowering operating costs.
This project is in partnership with Clean Fuels Ohio and supported by grant funding aw...
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.
Blac...
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.
“T...
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 ...
