Global Beverage Leader Ambev Acquires Fleet of 150 Electric Trucks from Multinational Vehicle Manufacturer Jac Motors

The Largest Beverage Manufacturer in the World, Ambev, Announced Last Thursday the Purchase of 150 Electric Trucks from the Chinese Manufacturer JAC Motors.

Ambev, the largest producer of alcoholic beverages in the world, announced a partnership with the Japanese vehicle manufacturer, JAC Motors, for the purchase of 150 electric trucks iEV1200T. The vehicles will be delivered by the end of this year. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.

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Ambev aims to have half of its fleet composed of electric trucks by 2025. The company already has 100 electric trucks from Volkswagen, since it closed a partnership with the automaker to test the first vehicle of this type in Latin America in 2018.

Ambev Acquired 100 Electric Trucks from Volkswagen Known as e-Delivery This Year

Together with the 100 electric trucks from Volkswagen, known as e-Delivery, resulting from a partnership with the German automaker in 2018 to test the first electric truck in Latin America, Ambev plans to have by the end of this year a fleet of 250 electric units operating on the streets and avenues of about 20 cities in the country, such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Brasília, Natal, Curitiba, Fortaleza and Ilhéus.

“This new partnership with JAC is further proof that we are on the right track,” says Ambev’s Vice President of Sustainability and Procurement, Rodrigo Figueiredo.

The Ambev executive explains that the models have a similar operational range to other electric vehicles already existing in the portfolio. “Compared to a combustion vehicle, they are more technological, sustainable, and do not produce noise in the environment, in addition to contributing to our journey to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere,” he adds.

Company Will Use Clean Energy to Power the Vehicles

The refueling of Ambev’s trucks will be carried out at charging stations called “PitStops de Carga.” The first charging stations have been installed in Rio de Janeiro and Osasco. The choice of these locations is justified by the high daily demand in the respective regions and for being strategically and geographically well located.

To supply the charging points, Ambev will use clean energy as part of the actions to achieve the company’s sustainability goals: to have 100% of the electricity purchased from renewable sources and to reduce carbon emissions by 25% across the entire value chain, both by 2025.