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Mars to deploy 300 EV trucks across Europe

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January 29, 2024

Mars Inc. has teamed with Einride, a freight technology company with offices in Sweden, New York City and Austin, Texas, to bring a fleet of 300 EV heavy-duty trucks to its network across Europe by 2030. It is estimated that the electric operations will save 20,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year by 2030, which is a 10% reduction in Mars Europe's road transport GHG emissions annually, according to a press release.

The first delivery happened last week, with Einride's freight capacity offering deployed with two electric trucks and charging points powered by Einride's operating system Saga. The route is between the Mars Petcare factory in Verden, Germany, and its distribution center in Minden, Germany, which are approximately 56 miles apart.

The partnership will begin expanding across Europe first with routes in the U.K. and the Netherlands expected to follow in 2024. These fully electric operations will be complemented with an autonomous pilot in 2025.

"This partnership is our latest investment to achieve net zero globally by 2050, implementing the actions outlined in the Mars Net Zero Roadmap with a focus on improving and optimizing logistics, redesigning networks, transforming the type of transport we rely on and embracing the electrification of our truck fleets," Barry Parkin, chief procurement and sustainability officer at Mars Inc., said in the press release.