Milk-e the electric milk truck

According to the media release, this is to be based at Fonterra NZ's Waitoa plant which is near supplying farms on relatively flat land, so the co-op can do shorter runs and reduce battery consumption with fewer hills.

Battery configuration changes gave the team an opportunity to trial additions to improve milk collection efficiencies, reduce safety concerns, and reduce the amount of work required to customise a Fonterra tanker.

A battery swap system is being installed at the Waitoa site to trial how this could work within a fleet to minimise downtime from battery charging.

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