Tesco eyes all electric online delivery fleet by 2028

Tesco is set to ramp up its Net Zero ambitions, including an all-electric delivery fleet.

Its first electric grocery vans will begin deliveries to customers in London this month and the entire fleet will be electric by 2028.

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In April, Tesco became the first retailer to fulfil one million online grocery orders in a week. It now serves nearly 1.5 million customers a week online, up from around 600,000 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

We've accelerated our plans to be net zero by 2035, and now we're taking action to reduce emissions from two of our biggest hotspots, electricity and transport. Find out more: https://t.co/bNhfCLNcju pic.twitter.com/7PGn5qFuTA
— Tesco News (@tesconews) November 13, 2020

2035

Under its plans for the core UK business to be net carbon neutral by 2035, Tesco is accelerating its use of renewable energy through a partnership that will create three solar farms.

The sites, in Essex, Anglesey and Oxfordshire, will generate up to 130GWh of energy per year, enough to power 44,828 three-bedroom homes. The grocery giant expects surplus power to be made available to the grid.