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We’ve added electric vehicles (EVs) to our fleet, making our South Yorkshire deliveries more environmentally friendly.

06 September 2022 | Eland Cables

We’ve added electric vehicles (EVs) to our fleet, making our South Yorkshire deliveries more environmentally friendly.

Our vans run on 100% electricity, charged at sites on green energy tariffs and using our own renewable energy produced from the PV solar panels we’re installing.

Electric vehicles such as our vans are ideal for making local deliveries so they’ll be visible on the roads as we support our customers and the electrical wholesalers nearby. It’s an important and exciting step in our drive for Sustainable Operations on our journey to Net Zero.

The capacity of the EV means they’re ideal for delivering reels and small drums, boxed and palletised for drop offs. Our larger cable drums of low and medium voltage cables, with their proportionately much heavier cables, will still for now require HGV delivery, potentially specialist offload vehicles − e-HGVs for long-distance transportation just aren’t commercially accessible and viable quite yet, but we’re keeping an eye on the technology as it evolves.

In the meantime, we’re hoping the businesses of South Yorkshire will smile when they see our ‘green machines’ and know that we’re taking steps to make positive changes to our communities and the environment.

Other Press Releases from Eland Cables

23/9/2022 - Eland Cables joins the living wage foundation It’s official − we’re a signatory to the Living Wage Foundation. We’ve joined over 7000 UK businesses in committing to pay a minimum hourly rate that is linked to the cost of living − a figure in excess of the Government minimum wage.
13/9/2022 - Eland cables overcomes HGV driver shortage by creating in-house driving training school The shortage of trained and available HGV drivers and the pressure this has put on the logistics supply chain has been well publicised, but these challenges haven’t slowed the expansion of Eland Cables’ fleet.
02/9/2022 - Launching Eland Cables'' new Cable Recycling Service With Sustainable Operations a key consideration for us as a business and for our customers, we’ve taken steps to support end-of-life product actions by investing heavily in cable recycling equipment and launching it as a service to customers and third-parties alike.
18/1/2017 - The cable lab adds the BSI ROHS trusted kitemark to its credentials Eland Cables has been awarded the BSI RoHS Trusted Kitemark™, a distinction only available to organisations that can demonstrate their ability to comply with the strict RoHS Directive.
26/11/2012 - The largest Tri-rated stockholding in Europe - available from Eland Cables Eland Cables have invested heavily in Tri-rated cable in direct response to rapidly growing demand. Held at their UK-based cable distribution centre, Eland’s extensive range of Tri-rated cables cover the full 14 colours as well as all sizes.