DHL 2-Mann-Handling GmbH is expanding its e-fleet in March for low-emission delivery of large and bulky goods on the last mile in parts of Germany. A total of 21 new e-transporters will be deployed in Lower Saxony, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Berlin, Bavaria, and Baden-Württemberg.
Bulky Goods Follow Mail and Parcel
The gradual switch to e-mobility at the DHL subsidiary is part of the company's sustainability program, which currently deploys around 32,400 e-vehicles for mail and parcel delivery at Deutsche Post and DHL. More than 50% of the delivery routes in the Post & Parcel Germany corporate division have thus already been converted to electric drive – and now the conversion of the fleet for the delivery of large and bulky goods is also starting.
Beate Seeher, managing director of DHL 2-Mann-Handling GmbH and responsible for sustainability, says: “By deploying e-vehicles for last mile delivery, we are taking an important step. We can now increasingly deliver large and bulky goods such as furniture, washing machines, or TVs to the end customer with reduced emissions.”
Each e-vehicle saves approximately 20.4 t CO2e emissions (according to “Well-to-Wheel” analysis) and 6,400 l of diesel per year compared to a combustion engine in its category.
Use of Certified Services
For shippers, there is the option to enhance delivery with the shipping services GoGreen or GoGreen Plus. Through compensation of the generated CO2e emissions via worldwide climate protection projects (GoGreen) or by directly reducing emissions through reduction measures within the national DHL network (GoGreen Plus), customers can rely on certified services, as is customary with the group's parcel and mail products.
About DHL 2-Mann-Handling GmbH
DHL 2-Mann-Handling GmbH specializes in the transport and delivery of large and bulky goods and employs around 400 people in Germany.
From the central hub in Ludwigsau and the second location in Landsberg, more than 30 regional DHL support partners in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are supplied with shipments daily. Delivery is then made to a location specified by the customer after prior telephone appointment scheduling, with assembly if needed. DHL 2-Mann-Handling has been active in the market as an independent subsidiary of the Post & Parcel Germany division since January 2020.
