Jindal Stainless has deployed its electric heavy trucks on routes connecting its plant in Jajpur, Odisha, with Kharagpur and Kolkata, both located in West Bengal. These trucks can cover a total distance of over 350 kilometers one way, including approximately 227 kilometers from Jajpur to Kharagpur, and approximately 131 kilometers further to Kolkata.
With its LNG, CNG and pure electric vehicles, Jindal Stainless expects to reduce its CO2 emissions by around 26 percent or around 71 tonnes per month, based on an estimated monthly dispatch volume of 8,000 to 9,000 tonnes and a combined truck haul distance of approximately 240,000 km. However, the ten electric trucks represent only a fraction of its green vehicle fleet, which also includes 80 LNG trucks, 60 CNG buses and an undisclosed number of CNG trucks.
Commenting on the deployment of the new zero-emission transportation vehicles, Jindal Stainless CEO Abhyuday Jindal said, “The deployment of electric trucks marks an important milestone in our efforts to decarbonize logistics and integrate low-emission transportation solutions into our operations. Our focus is on adopting practical and scalable solutions that reduce our environmental footprint while maintaining operational efficiency.”
Jindal Stainless has acquired the ten heavy-duty electric trucks from Blue Energy Motors, and all of them are the 55-tonne ‘5548e’ model. The company has not shared the specifications of these trucks, but Blue Energy Motors offers multiple configurations, with batteries from 282 to 423 kWh.
The base configuration has a 282 kWh module-to-cradle swappable LFP battery, a 480 hp permanent magnet synchronous motor, and a four-speed automated manual transmission. Changing this battery takes five minutes, while fast charging it from 20 to 80 percent SoC takes 45 minutes. The 5548e electric truck can climb grades of up to 24 percent and travel up to 200 kilometers on a single charge.
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