Harris Maxus UK has reached a landmark moment in its long standing partnership with Tesco, as the leading supermarket welcomes its 2000th electric home delivery vehicle – a Maxus eDeliver 9 – with Maxus making up 70% of the electric home delivery fleet.
The accomplishment represents a significant moment for both companies and underlines the strength of the long standing partnership between Harris Maxus UK and Tesco. It also marks another major step in Tesco’s commitment to transition to a fully electric home delivery fleet by 2030.
For Harris Maxus UK, the milestone is equally important, underlining the strength of a partnership developed over several years and establishing the eDeliver 9 within one of the UK’s most complex and high profile home delivery operations. Operating in intensive, multi-drop environments where reliability is critical, the eDeliver 9 has proven its capability with impressively high levels of uptime.
Rob Smallwood, Tesco Fleet Services operations manager, said: ‘Reaching 2000 electric home delivery vehicles is a major milestone for us. It shows that sustainability and operational performance can go hand in hand and gives us real momentum as we continue towards our goal of a fully electric home delivery fleet by 2030.
‘Our home delivery fleet is a vital part of the business, serving customers every day, so reliability, availability and operational performance are critical. The Maxus eDeliver 9 makes up the majority of our fleet and has proven itself in this complex environment, giving us the confidence to continue growing with the marque, while maintaining the high levels of service our customers expect.’
Gary Brown, managing director at Harris Maxus UK, added: ‘Tesco reaching 2000 electric vehicles in its grocery home delivery fleet is a big deal, and we are proud that Maxus vehicles make up the majority of that fleet. It is a strong endorsement of the eDeliver 9 and the role it is playing in Tesco’s transition to a fully electric grocery home delivery operation.
‘We are immensely proud to be helping Tesco towards its 2030 target. Tesco operates one of the most complex home delivery operations in the country, and the continued growth of our vehicles within its fleet is a powerful endorsement of the eDeliver 9’s capability, reliability and suitability for this type of operation.’
The Maxus eDeliver 9 is the ideal panel van or chassis cab for demanding multi-drop, stop start and urban logistics operations, combining electric performance with the range, payload and operational capability required by large fleets. Its continued deployment with Tesco represents one of the most significant examples of electric commercial vehicle adoption in UK grocery home delivery.