Greener parcels: Royal Mail to add 3,000 electric vehicles to fleet

Cecilia Keating
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News comes as rival delivery company DPD announces it has also purchased 750 e-vans

Royal Mail has announced plans to buy 3,000 electric vehicles (EVs) to deliver goods to customers located in the increasing number of cities around the UK with Clean Air Zones planned. The mail giant...

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