Albertsons and Volvo just made the first zero-emissions food delivery

[Photo: Volvo Trucks]
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When a semi truck pulled into an Albertson’s supermarket in Irvine, California today to deliver groceries, it was quieter than usual—and no diesel exhaust was pumping out of the back. For the first time, the grocery chain is beginning to use large, heavy-duty electric trucks.
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[Photo: Volvo Trucks]The company, the second-large grocery chain in the U.S., is testing two of Volvo’s VNR Electric trucks in Southern California. The trucks will make local deliveries and then return to a distribution center for charging, with a 150-mile range. “The range can suit that local delivery,” says Brett Pope, director of electric vehicles at Volvo Trucks North America. (Long-distance electric semi trucks are a more complicated challenge, but also in development.)

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