DHL Express Philippines is aiming for 70 percent electrification of its delivery vehicles by 2030, a key executive said on Friday.
“We continue to invest in our fleets. Currently, 40 percent of our fleets are already fully electrified, as we aim to achieve our 2030 goal, which will be around 70 percent fully electrified fleet,” said Roderick Queppet, vice president for commercial at DHL Express Philippines.
He said the company now had a delivery fleet of 196 vehicles, with electric vehicles (EVs) making up 41 percent. The company started deploying EVs in 2021 and operated out of two gateways: Cebu and Manila.
Queppet said they were now considering establishing a gateway in Clark, Pampanga.
“We’re still assessing at the moment. We recognize the fact that some of the investments are going there,” he said.
Last year, DHL Express Philippines relocated its Cebu gateway to a bigger facility along Ibo Road near the Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
In May this year, meanwhile, the company opened a new Manila gateway in Parañaque.
The facility was said to be engineered for high-volume efficiency, capable of processing up to 2,400 parcels per hour for imports and 2,000 parcels per hour for exports.
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