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Mars and Rewe deploy 47 battery-electric trucks on pilot corridor

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Mars and Rewe have launched a cross-border end-to-end corridor using 47 battery-electric trucks to transport food products from factories in the Netherlands and Germany through distribution to over 300 retail stores. Since January 2024, their combined electric truck operations have logged 2.4 million electric kilometres, saved 750,000 litres of diesel, and avoided nearly 2,600 tonnes of CO₂e.

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