The photo is sourced from gazprom-neft.ru
The battery capacity of the EVO.1 vehicle is sufficient for a week of operation and can be fully charged within just ten minutes.
With the help of unmanned technologies, an operator can perform loading and unloading operations without involving drivers and control as many as ten cars at the same time. This will make it possible to reduce the operating expenses for the maintenance of vehicles by 37%.
The use of high-tech transport will also help minimise carbon dioxide emissions.
The tests of the hybrid electric vehicle were conducted by Gazpromneft-Snabzhenie jointly with the Russian companies NVI Solutions and Evocargo at its own warehouse complex situated in the Moscow Region.
“Gazpromneft-Snabzhenie has been implementing vehicles powered by alternative fuels since 2021. The company’s facilities are already equipped with three EVO.1 driverless electric vehicles with standard batteries, a GAZelle Next driverless electric vehicle and 48 trucks powered by liquefied natural gas. By the end of 2023, we plan to more than double the number of our vehicles powered by alternative fuels,” Evgeny Bragar, executive director for logistics at Gazpromneft-Snabzhenie, is quoted as saying in the press release.