http://www.joc.com/trucking-logistics/drayage/logistics-firm-nrs-electrifies-drayage-ikea_20150831.html Logistics firm NRS electrifies drayage for IKEA William B. Cassidy | Aug 31, 2015
[image http://www.joc.com/sites/default/files/resize/u48612/NRS-ELECTRIC_0-600x400.jpg (charging port of etruck) ] At the Port of Los Angeles, National Retail Systems is turning from the fuel pump to the electric plug, putting a battery-powered drayage truck on the road for customer IKEA. “We’re going to start by taking containers from the port to our facility in L.A., about 12 miles away, and we’ll take empties back to the port,” said Chris Saville, marketing director for New Jersey-based NRS. “Eventually, we’ll be hauling containers from our yard to their stores.” The electric truck is part of a test that could lead to expanded use of such vehicles by NRS for its shipper customer. The truck will have a 100-mile range. The NRS truck will be among the cleanest vehicles at a port known for pioneering clean truck technology (in addition to clean diesel trucks, natural gas trucks operate regularly in the harbor, and some trucking firms are testing other technologies). The new Navistar Class 8 tractor will feature a battery-powered “ElecTruck” powerplant designed and installed by TransPower, a Southern California-based company. After reviewing other fuels, IKEA and NRS decided the electric option “was best,” Saville said ... The electric truck itself is emissions-free, but even accounting for any greenhouse gases produced by power plants in the generation of electricity, the battery-operated vehicle could reduce GHG output in typical drayage drive cycles by 67 to 68 percent,” according to TransPower. That’s a ton of GHG saved every 1,000 miles, compared with a diesel truck. The NRS ElecTruck is one element of an aggressive sustainability campaign at Swedish-based IKEA, which as the 11th-largest U.S. importer of containerized goods brought 132,700 twenty-foot equivalent containers to the U.S. last year. By August 2016, IKEA hopes to reduce carbon emissions from transportation by 20 percent compared to fiscal year 2011. In 2014, IKEA reduced transport carbon emissions 12.8 percent from 2011 levels, compared with 10.8 percent in 2013 and 7.3 percent in 2012, the company said in its sustainability report ... At a higher level, the retailer is creating new distribution and supplier networks to more efficiently deliver goods to its distribution centers and stores and to customers. That means upgrading technology to ensure consistently efficient transportation services, including home delivery to customers, the company said. IKEA is also fitting more goods into containers. Electric trucks ... per-mile per gallon equivalent cost ... can be quite low, the trucks sell at a premium, and there are other costs involved in their operation, including charging stations, Saville said. Nevertheless, several manufacturers still hope to build electric truck sales in the U.S., especially for local or regional distribution. Kansas City, Mo.-based Smith Electric Vehicles restarted production of its Smith Newton electric truck early this year, and launched a joint venture in May with China’s FDG Electric Vehicles to build light-duty battery-powered trucks in the U.S. In Southern California, IKEA wanted NRS to plug its dedicated drayage operation into the electric grid, Saville said. “They realize this may cost a little bit more, but just looking at the green side of things, it’s the best way to go,” he said. 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