Tarmac is to introduce five new electric Heavy Goods Vehicles (eHGVs) for transporting cement, asphalt, aggregates and concrete blocks, alongside a new charging network to support them.
As part of its partnership with Renault Trucks and DAF Trucks, the trucks will transport these materials to major infrastructure projects across London and the South East.
As a member of the eFREIGHT 2030 consortium, Tarmac is working with industry partners and HGV charging expert Voltempo to develop its network, which will be operational in early 2026.
Its charging network will include Voltempo chargers at its Paddington concrete plant, Harper Lane asphalt plant, Linford blocks plant and HGV base in Northfleet, Kent, as well as a charging hub operated by the Fleete Group at the Port of Tilbury.
A 250kW DC charger in Paddington will allow the eHGVs to charge while offloading material.
At Northfleet, a Voltempo HyperCharger Megawatt Charging System (MCS) will have the ability to charge an eHGV up to 1MW, or dynamically allocate the 1MW capacity across six trucks at once.
Tarmac has been successfully operating electric readymix concrete vehicles since 2022.
Ben Garner, Director of Logistics at Tarmac, said, “These significant new additions to our electric fleet together with a London-wide charging network mean that we’re scaling electrification and helping customers cut carbon across construction logistics.
“With material deliveries coming into our Paddington facility via our rail freight network, onward journeys can now be made by eHGV – providing customers in London with a leading, low carbon and multimodal logistics offer.”
