DHL 2-Mann-Handling has added 21 new electric vans to its fleet for low-emission delivery of large and bulky goods in Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Berlin, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Each electric vehicle will save about 20.4 tons of CO2e emissions and 6,400 liters of diesel per year compared to a combustion engine in the same category.
Beate Seeher, managing director of DHL 2-Mann-Handling and responsible for sustainability, stated, “We focus on sustainability not just in our buildings and operational processes. The deployment of electric vehicles for last-mile delivery is an important step forward. We can now increasingly deliver large and bulky goods, such as furniture, washing machines or TVs, to end customers with reduced emissions. This is in line with consumer expectations.”
The fleet expansion is part of the wider DHL and Deutsche Post sustainability drive, with a total of 32,400 electric vehicles deployed for mail and parcel delivery in the country. Over 50% of delivery routes in the Post & Parcel Germany division have already been converted to electric drive, with the transition of the fleet for the delivery of large and bulky goods now beginning.
DHL 2-Mann-Handling has been operating as an independent subsidiary of the Post & Parcel Germany division since January 2020.