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Earlier this year , we installed the first public accessible HGV supercharger in the country
“ Without spreading ourselves too thin ,” he adds , “ one of my aspirations is to buy a nice 100,000-square-foot depot warehouse in the next five-to-ten years , from which we could distribute stock to save ourselves from picking up smaller orders around the countryside all day . This also ties in with what I want to do from an EV point-of-view .”
In a self-proclaimed ‘ not bitter ’ manner , Chris informs Transportation and Logistics International that Welch ’ s was originally in line to be the first SME to receive a 19 ton EV , however , due to a logistical error , it was in fact the third . Unfazed , he set his sights on a far larger industry first , and has taken a leap
towards establishing the business ’ transition towards a fully electrified fleet .
“ Earlier this year , we installed the first public accessible HGV supercharger in the country ,” he explains . " Obviously companies such as Carlsberg and Warburtons who were super early adopters already have their own in place , but you can ’ t just rock up and buy some electricity from them . This ties in with one of the fundamentals of being a part of the Transport Association . Each member is required to make its bunkered fuel available to fellow associates for a few pence above cost , which has traditionally allowed SMEs such as ourselves to compete in the wider market .
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