Nissan has established an electric end-to-end supply chain that transports materials into the Nissan plant by electric trucks and creates finished vehicles with green energy.

With seven charging stations, capable of powering up to ten eHGVs simultaneously, the ability to transport with zero emissions aligns to Nissan's EV36Zero vision for sustainable manufacturing, bringing together electric vehicles, renewable energy and battery production.

The station will support 60 UK eHGV deliveries to the plant daily and represents just the start of the plant's journey towards electrifying its supply chain. The trucks will collect parts from Nissan's UK supply base stretching as far afield as Derby; as well as delivering finished vehicles to and from the Port of Tyne, equating to more than 2.4 million km travelled per year, fully electrified, saving 1,500 tonnes of CO2 annually.

Nissan, Fergusons, Yusen and BCA partnered on the project, part of the Electric Freightway consortium that is delivering sustainable freight logistics through deployment of eHGVs and high-power charging infrastructure. Electric Freightway itself, led by Led by Gridserve, forms part of the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator programme, funded by the Government and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.

Daniel Kunkel, CEO, Gridserve said; "The decarbonisation of transport logistics is much stronger and reaches far wider when done in partnership. This is why, as leaders of the Electric Freightway consortium, we are so pleased to support this UK first with Nissan and their haulage partners. Depot charging is critical for the electrification of HGVs, going hand in hand with future public infrastructure developments.”

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