Canadian city orders two Mack electric refuse trucks

Mack Truck is continuing to grow its electric refuse vehicle sales across North America.

Kingston, Ontario municipal leaders recently ordered twoMackLR Electric battery-electric vehicle (BEV) refuse models. TheMackLR Electric vehicles will be the city’s first two BEVs in its refuse fleet as it works to bolster its sustainability efforts.

“Mackis excited that the City of Kingston opted to order twoMackLR Electric vehicles to help assist them in attaining their sustainability targets,” said Jonathan Randall, president ofMackTrucksNorth America. “Mackoffers a total ecosystem of support, from grant writing and infrastructure to financing. We remain committed to helping our customers adopt this zero-emissions technology.”

The City of Kingston developed a comprehensive strategic plan for 2023-2026. A main component of the plan is to lead environmental stewardship and climate change, with a focus area of reducing carbon emissions from city operations. To achieve these goals, city fleet operations is working on a comprehensive zero-emission fleet transition plan.

“We are currently targeting reducing our GHG emissions by 30% by 2030,” said Brent Fowler, director of Corporate Asset Management and Fleet for the City of Kingston. The LR Electric refuse vehicles are one of multiple strategies the city is leveraging to work toward the achievement of these goals.”

The City of Kingston is targeting net-zero emissions by 2040.

While the LR Electric models will be the first BEVs in the refuse fleet, Kingston has two electric transit buses, six electric ice re-surfacers and 35 light-duty Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV).

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