Fonterra’s first EV milk tanker ready to roll

Fonterra’s first EV milk tanker ready to roll
The EV tanker is expected to be on the road by May (Image: Supplied)
Rebecca Howard
New Zealand’s first milk collection e-tanker is about to hit the road as Fonterra looks to electrify its fleet.“The amount of technology and research and material science going into these things is phenomenal and that’s why it’s one of the most exciting spaces in the co-operative right now,” chief operating officer Fraser Whineray told BusinessDesk.Work on the tanker is being co-funded by Fonterra and the government’s Low Emission Transport Fund and Whineray was a prime advocate of EVs during his time as chie...

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