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Swiss Post procured 129 electric four-wheel vehicles for the delivery in the city of Zurich and 65 for the delivery in the city of Bern. These four-wheel vehicles are used for the delivery of parcels and are an addition to the 374 three-wheelers that have already been used for the delivery of letters and smaller parcels in Zurich and Bern.
In these two cities alone, Swiss Post uses its electric vehicles to deliver to nearly 340,000 households. It operates the e-vehicles exclusively with naturemade star“ - certified eco-electricity from Switzerland. For electric delivery in cities, the logistics sites had to be upgraded with infrastructure for charging electric vehicles.
The conversion of the delivery locations presented some difficulties. For example, power rails and DC charging stations were hardly available on the market. By the end of 2024, Swiss Post will have equipped around 50 additional sites with e-vehicles and e-charging stations. The remaining delivery sites will follow by 2030.
An electric four-wheeler saves six tonnes of CO2 annually compared to a fossil-fuel vehicle. By making carbon-neutral deliveries in Zurich and Bern, Swiss Post is saving 1,436 tonnes of CO2 a year. This equates to one person making 718 return flights between Zurich and New York.
