Nissan and Yusen Logistics UK driving ahead on electric HGVs
Yusen Logistics is the first haulier to deliver production parts directly into Nissan’s Sunderland plant via eHGV.
THE ROUTE covers 703 kilometres and provides a real-life testing of the solution before going live with an end-to-end scheme, which will deploy 10 eHGVs.
In 2022, Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK (NMUK) approached Yusen Logistics to support its carbon reduction vision and join a partnership aimed at transforming the existing logistics solution from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs).
The Yusen Logistics (UK) warehouse in Derby now has the capacity to charge three eHGVs at any one time. At the Yusen Logistics Leeds site, which serves as a cross dock for Nissan has also installed three 360kw and seven 43kw eHGV charging bays, allowing the site to charge 10 eHGVs. The average charger speed is 250kwh with an average time to charge being 2.5 hours to full capacity.
The project is part of Electric Freightway, funded by the UK Government through Innovate UK, and the trial runs from September 2025 to September 2030. Yusen Logistics UK and NUMK’s charging station will support a fleet of 25 trucks with a charging capacity of up to 360kW, saving around 1,500 tonnes of CO₂ annually.
The trucks will collect parts from Nissan’s UK supply base, from the Midlands to Port of Tyne which equates to more than 2.4 million kilometres travelled per year, fully electrified, saving 1,500 tonnes of CO₂ annually.
