Royal Mail will add more than 2,000 electric vans to its fleet over the next year, as it continues its ambition to achieve zero emissions by 2040.
The 2,100 cars will be the first to wear the King’s cruciform and livery and will be deployed throughout the country from August.
He predicts that more than a portion of them will last until Christmas.
The postal company already has the largest fleet in the UK and the new additions will take its total to 7,100.
Most vans will be charged at Royal Mail delivery offices for one hundred percent renewable electricity. When all the new electric vans are in use, they are expected to reduce Royal Mail’s total emissions by around 6,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year.
Jenny Hall, Royal Mail’s Director of Corporate Affairs, said: “We are proud to take a significant step towards our goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2040.
“Electric cars offer a wide range of benefits, reducing noise and air pollutants in local communities, as well as our impact on the environment. We need as many consumers as possible to benefit from emission-free deliveries to their door. .
Royal Mail has brought in hydrotreated vegetable oil to power its fleet of heavy-duty vehicles and has already stored more than 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Royal Mail will send more mail by road and reduce the number of domestic flights it operates to minimize carbon emissions and reliability for customers.
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