22 November 2023 | News

BRT and Mennekes: sustainable logistics are already here

Electric mobility continues to make inroads into the field of logistics with increasingly advanced solutions and services for optimum operations management that limits the environmental impacts and strives for the decarbonisation of transport.

The collaboration between MENNEKES and BRT is a case in point: with the installation of over 500 AMTRON® and AMEDIO® Professional charging stations, the BRT fleet can go electric for last-mile deliveries.

This sustainable choice by BRT is part of a wider green strategy involving its more than 200 branches across Italy. Roberto Pregno, Research and Development Director of BRT explained:

It is our ambition to become the benchmark for the sector through our sustainability policy, establishing our leadership position in sustainable transport. The electrification of our first-mile and last-mile fleet is one of the most important actions for achieving our goal of Net Zero by 2040 (10 years before the Paris Agreement target) and the success of the entire project is closely related to the planning of charging infrastructure. For this reason, we have chosen Mennekes as our partner, supporting us in the charging of over 800 delivery vehicles, a figure that continues to increase every day.”

At the branches, multi-point charging infrastructures have been provided which are easy to use by personnel and designed to withstand the outdoor environment for long periods. Smart charging management ensures that all connected vehicles are charged, even when plugged in at the same time, optimising the distribution of the power available on site between all the connected users. In this way, the vehicles are always charged and ready to do their everyday delivery jobs.