Loughborough University is aiming to lower its road vehicle emissions and saving money, after investing in two new electric trucks.

The Alke ATX 200E utility vehicles, supplied by ePower Trucks, can travel up to 50 miles on a single battery charge, will carry 500kg and tow up to 2,000kg.

The company fitted one with a high mesh cage, for waste collection, while the other has a fully enclosed van box body.

The vehicles are used by the maintenance team across Loughborough’s 437-acre, single site campus.

Clive Douthwaite, logistics manager for Loughborough University, said: “Environmental responsibility is very important to us, so we were determined to reduce emissions from our vehicle fleet.

"However, we wanted electric trucks that wouldn’t break the bank and still delivered great performance.

“We chose the Alke vehicles from ePower Trucks after trialling EVs from various manufacturers.

We felt the Alke trucks were robust workhorses that performed really well, were very low cost to run and therefore offered the best return on investment.”