KUALA LUMPUR: Terberg Tractors Malaysia Sdn Bhd (TTM), a joint venture company between Sime Darby Industrial Sdn Bhd and the Netherlands-based Royal Terberg Group BV, looks to expand its reach in Asia Pacific with the launch of Malaysia's first fully battery-powered electric terminal tractor, model YT200EV.
The YT200EV terminal tractor is manufactured locally at TTM's manufacturing and assembly facility in Pasir Gudang, Johor and will be made available for distribution by early December 2022.
"In line with Malaysia's aim to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, the introduction of the YT200EV, is poised to address growing carbon emissions concerns within the logistics and freighting industry," the company said today.
In 2021, CO2 emissions from Malaysia's transportation stood at 55 tonnes while globally the transport and logistics sector contributes around 24 per cent of global CO2 emissions.
The company said by replacing an existing terminal tractor with an electric Terberg, about 30 tonnes of CO2 would be saved per vehicle per year.
This is the equivalent of planting over one million trees or taking more than 6,000 cars off the road.
TTM chief executive officer of Boo Wei Ching said Terberg was confident that the new addition to the industry was a huge step to compliment the green aspirations roadmap with emphasis in replacing common industry practice with sustainable practices.
"Being an industry leader, we at Terberg feel that it is our responsibility to actively take part in a solution towards reducing carbon emissions.
"In addition to reducing carbon emissions the vehicle will also be able to significantly cut down on the operating costs involving diesel and other fossil fuels engines in the conventional terminal tractors or trucks."