Hon Simon Watts, recently named Minister for Energy to combine with his Minister for Climate Change role, visited Etrucks last week.
His take on where the Windrose fits in New Zealand is here;
https://youtube.com/shorts/
We will be bringing the Windrose to the TMC Trucking Industry show in Christchurch March 7th and 8th. We will show the truck in Wellington, and tour the South Island before and after the show if you would like to view.
We have been doing the exhibition rounds recently, thanks to Visy for the space at the Bombay Truck Show.
We also participated in the Kamo Touch a Truck fundraiser. Perhaps the first truck convoy with a Windrose, the excitement is building….
https://youtu.be/dwIvPFfgXsw
It’s pretty cool that the same truck (yep same VIN) has been displayed in both Times Square and Kamo.
As we show the Windrose interested companies we take the opportunity to hook up to one of their trailers.
Hilton Haulage’s E700 looking smart in their colours. XCMG remains the dominant player in heavy electric trucks in China, with over 7000 delivered last year. 13% of all truck sales in China are now EV.
Another round of EECA LETF funding is now open for on and off highway low emissions equipment.
The link is here:
https://lnkd.in/g28RAz6v
Green Gorilla’s second waste guarded XC968EV has arrived. Fitted with a 6m3 bucket and solid tyres, this one will work in Huntly.
Delivery day for New Zealand’s first plug in hybrid EV loader to Gareth White Logging. The 23t XC975PHEV is fitted with HW log forks. It has a 100kW onboard generator to charge the 54kWh battery. An excellent solution for lowering emissions where no reticulated power is available.
RFH’s pure electric XC975EV (the same size) heading out to work.
Handover day to United Civil for a 200kWh charging trailer and XE35U-E electric excavator in Whangarei.
A link to a very good video from Meridian and United Civil discussing their focus on EV construction equipment in their decarbonisation efforts.
https://youtu.be/wAPlZdgQjOo