---
title: "Electric Trucks Help BMW Plant Reduce Emissions"
description: "By using just three electric trucks BMW has cut down its CO2 emissions by 82 tons a year."
date: "2017-12-05"
modified: "2017-12-05"
authors:
  - name: "Dave Bartosiak"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/dave-bartosiak"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/16666/electric-trucks-help-bmw-plant-reduce-emissions"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "BMW"
  - "CO2"
  - "e-truck"
  - "Electric"
  - "emissions"
  - "munich"
  - "Pollution"
  - "Tech"
---

# Electric Trucks Help BMW Plant Reduce Emissions

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Too often, companies, people, and governments don’t practice what they preach. They take a “Do as I say, not as I do” approach. In the interests of lowering global emissions, BMW is putting its money where its mouth is. [The company announced three electric trucks](<https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/global/article/detail/T0276762EN/electric-trucks-for-bmw-group-plant-munich:-100-electric-clean-and-quiet-%E2%80%93-bmw-group-ars-altmann-ag-and-scherm-group-put-two-new-e-trucks-into-service>) as part of its logistics operations in the group’s home plant in Munich, Germany. It estimates that the [use of the electric trucks](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13559/dhl-to-use-electric-ford-delivery-vans-in-germany>) will help reduce its CO2 emissions by approximately 82 tons a year.

All three of the vehicles are used to provide various services on public roads throughout Munich. One transports new cars on a 9.3-mile trek, taking them from the town of Garching to the BMW Welt. A second truck covers a route between the BMW Group Plant and partner SCHERM Group’s logistic center. The truck makes the trip eight times a day. This second truck has a top speed of about 25 mph but has been plodding along since being put into service in July 2015.

The third e-truck has a range of about 100 miles and a top speed of around 40 mph. This truck delivers vehicle components from SCHERM’S supply center in Karlsfeld, approximately seven miles outside of Munich, to the [BMW Plant inside the city](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/16416/bmw-breaks-ground-on-high-tech-battery-competence-center-in-munich>).

![message-editor%2F1512422696624-bmwtruck1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1512422696624-bmwtruck1.jpg>)
*One of the three electric trucks used along BMW's supply chain, *BMW AG**

Dr. Milan Nedeljkovic, Director of BMW Group Plant Munich said, “With three electric trucks, we are setting another strong example for resource-saving production in the heart of Munich. We are proud to be a pioneer in sustainable city logistics since 2015 and to make a contribution to reducing emissions in the city by around 82 tonnes."

The electric trucks are part of the BMW Groups “Number one \> Next” strategy. The strategy prioritizes e-mobility, digitalization and autonomous driving as the technologies of the future. With this and its recent [electric car-sharing partnership](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/16639/bmw-partners-with-evcard-to-offer-car-sharing-in-china>) in China, BMW is making strides towards an emission-free future.

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