Australia’s biggest electric truck depot takes shapeFriday 17 Apr 2026
New Energy Transport, which recently completed a landmark long distance electric freight delivery from Sydney to Canberra, plans to build a massive depot at Wilton, south-west of Sydney. It will support up to 50 heavy electric trucks and will anchor electrified freight corridors between Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle and Canberra. New Energy Transport wants to start operations on these routes by the end of this year, before expanding to Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide by 2031, and it plans to build more such depots as it grows. The Wilton depot will initially feature around 12 high powered (megawatt scale) charging bays, solar canopies, a 20 megawatt hour battery to manage peak pricing, and there are plans to boost the capacity to up to 200 trucks at a later stage. The selection of the Wilton hub was announced on Thursday by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and resources minister Madeleine King, who said it would be the first in a proposed network of electric freight hubs that would help reduce the country’s reliance on diesel freight and imported fuels. More >> Source: The Driven Image credit: New Energy Transport Extra: New Energy Transport press release | ||
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