Royal Mail unpacks plan to add 2,100 electric vans to delivery fleet

Cecilia Keating
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New purchases will see delivery company's electric van fleet swell to 7,100

Royal Mail plans to add thousands more electric vans to its fleet over the coming year, in a bid to drive closer towards its goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2040, it announced today. The delivery...

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