Wawa has launched a pilot program to test its first electric delivery truck through a partnership with Penske Logistics based in East Greenville, writes Emma Dooling for Philadelphia Business Journal.

The convenience store chain and Penske Logistics will be studying the performance of a Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric truck over a six-month period.

Wawa President Brian Schaller said that during the pilot program they will learn more about the EV technology and explore ways it can be applied to a larger portion of the company’s delivery fleet.

“This truck, on average, makes stops at 10 Wawa stores. We now have 1,000 stores. Wawa can make a difference. We need to explore things like this to see how we can do that,” he said.

The company doesn’t yet have a timeline for the rollout of additional electric trucks. Determining how much money will need to be invested to develop and maintain the trucks will be a major factor.

This first electric truck will be making deliveries to Wawa locations in Greater Philadelphia. The truck has a range of 225 miles and will charge each night, Jeff Jackson, Penske’s Executive Vice President of Operations, explained.

Read more about the new pilot program between Wawa and Penske at the Philadelphia Business Journal.

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