Waste firm invests in all-electric truck for street cleaning

The Bristol Waste Company has purchased an Alke ATX 200E utility truck from ePower Trucks.

It replaces a 10-year-old petrol-powered vehicle and will be used by the company’s street cleansing team to empty bins in pedestrianised areas of the city such as Harbourside, The Centre, and the Broadmead shopping quarter.

Iain Fortune, fleet manager for Bristol Waste Company, said: “We wanted an electric vehicle that had a modern look and feel to it, had excellent carrying capacity and was efficient to run. The Alke utility truck was the only vehicle we looked at that met all of our criteria.

“As a battery-powered vehicle it is very economical to run and a lot less noisy than the previous petrol-powered truck we had.”

The ATX 200E is a road-legal electric truck that is quiet, emissions-free and economical to run.

Bristol Waste Company’s vehicle has a flat bed, providing a payload of 635kg. The powerful electric motor offers an additional towing capacity of 2,000kg.