{"id":50286,"date":"2023-05-22T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50286"},"modified":"2023-05-22T17:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:24:01","slug":"scotland-electric-semi-truck-whisky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=50286","title":{"rendered":"Scotland’s first electric semi truck is going to haul a whole lot of whisky"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Volvo Trucks and Chivas Brothers are launching a two-year pilot program that will see Scotland\u2019s first electric semi truck transporting the country\u2019s largest export \u2013 Scotch whisky.<\/p>\n

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Scotch whisky giant Chivas Brothers will be piloting a Volvo FM Electric 6\u00d72 tractor unit that will pull a tri-axle box van trailer and operate at up to 44 tonnes of gross vehicle weight.<\/p>\n

The Volvo FM Electric features three electrical motors, generating an output of 666 hp and 2,400 Nm of continuous torque.<\/p>\n

Chivas Regal\u2019s truck is equipped with five batteries that allow for a range of up to 155 miles (250 km). When equipped with six batteries (the maximum), an FM Electric is typically capable of traveling up to 186 miles (300 km) on a full charge.<\/p>\n

The truck being used in Chivas Royal\u2019s pilot is capable of hauling about 24 tonnes of whisky per journey and will cover between 250-300 miles per day, clocking up at least 62,000 miles per annum.<\/p>\n

This pilot program will be managed by McPherson\u2019s, Chivas Brothers\u2019 long-term haulage partner. The program is designed to push the truck to its full capabilities and help the industry understand how electrification can benefit heavy trucks in the future.<\/p>\n

It will operate from McPherson\u2019s local depot, a site adjacent to Chivas Brothers\u2019 Kilmalid facility<\/a> in Dumbarton, where a 43-kW charger has been installed.<\/p>\n

The Scotch-delivering electric truck will embark on its inaugural journey this week. Chivas Brothers has estimated that this single truck could cut its emissions by 155 tonnes per annum. It has a goal of cutting its overall carbon footprint by 50% by 2030.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Volvo Trucks<\/em><\/p>\n

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Volvo Trucks and Chivas Brothers are launching a two-year pilot program that will see Scotland\u2019s first electric semi truck transporting the country\u2019s largest export \u2013 Scotch whisky. Scotch whisky giant Chivas Brothers will be piloting a Volvo FM Electric 6\u00d72 tractor unit that will pull a tri-axle box van trailer and operate at up to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}