IVECO chosen by Deutsche Post
Deutsche Post has selected IVECO to be a further partner for its fleet of vehicles.
Deutsche Post has selected IVECO to be a further partner for its fleet of vehicles.
Some 7,500 parcel delivery vehicles are currently in use for the DHL brand in Germany.
Under the terms of the agreement reached at the end of February, some 4,500 vehicles are to be replaced in the next three years with new IVECO vehicles. Deutsche Post intend to make a decision on the remaining 3,000 vehicles in 2011. IVECO has already supplied Deutsche Post with a variety of vehicles in the past.
The new IVECO vehicles are part of a transport solution specially developed to enable Deutsche Post to deliver parcels and which represents an improved version of the current model. The basic model is the 3.5 tonne IVECO Daily with 116bhp.
The diesel-powered vehicles, designed for Deutsche Post, are also fitted with a diesel particle filter, which makes them the most environmentally friendly model currently available on the market in this area. The particle filter lowers the soot particle emissions significantly below the limits currently in place. For Deutsche Post, use of this vehicle is an important step within its GoGreen program to improve CO2 efficiency by 10% by 2012.
Key to this decision was also the fact that IVECO’s basic model is very robust, which will help prolong the life of the vehicle as a whole. In contrast to the panel van, this special model is custom-built. The result is a particularly ergonomic, integral custom-built model, developed according to Deutsche Post’s requirements.
