With lower maintenance requirements, the electric fleet promises more on-road time and higher levels of reliability. The roll-out includes cities where there is a low emission zone in force. In total, approximately 45 delivery offices across the UK are being upgraded to accommodate an order of 3,000 electric vans placed in June 2021. Royal Mail already has the lowest reported CO2e emissions per parcel amongst major UK delivery companies, and boasts a unique, "Feet on the Street", network of over 85,000 postmen and women, with three quarters of parcel deliveries are made purely by foot or through a park and loop method, combining low mileage van movements and on-foot delivery, keeping emissions low. The expansion of alternative fuel vehicles demonstrates the company's commitment to reducing emissions associated with its operations, and to delivering a cleaner future. The move will help the Middlesbrough Delivery Office's 160 postmen and postwomen deliver letters and parcels safely and efficiently, while producing fewer emissions, and is part of a wider plan to roll-out 3000 electric vans to delivery office locations across the UK by summer 2022, making Royal Mail the largest electric fleet of any UK parcel operator. 15 double electric charging posts (allowing for 30 vans to be charged at the same time) have also been installed on the site as part of the transformation, and from April, the electricity for powering the office and for charging the vehicles will be purchased via a 100% renewable tariff. As part of the company's nationwide roll-out of 3,000 electric vans this year, Royal Mail today announced it has moved to an all-electric fleet of delivery vehicles at its Middlesbrough Delivery Office.Īll 59 diesel/petrol vehicles at the delivery unit, located on Cannon Park Way, have been replaced by electric vans.
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