For Navroop Singh, the shift to electric wasn’t instant – but once he tried it, there was no going back.
The Western Sydney delivery professional first rented an electric van in mid-2023. Two months later, he trialled an electric truck. Both experiences were so positive that by September 2024, Navroop had purchased his first EV. Today, he operates a fleet of eight electric vans with a team of nine drivers under ANC’s IKEA contract, servicing delivery zones across Sydney’s Southwest, West, and Inner West.
“After one week in an EV, I didn’t want to go back. It’s clean, powerful, and saves me so much fatigue,” says Navroop, who has been delivering for ANC since 2020.
Financial Wins
Navroop charges his fleet primarily at home overnight, cutting fuel expenses by hundreds of dollars each week. With fewer moving parts, EVs have reduced repair and maintenance costs, freeing up income for reinvestment. Supported by ANC’s advice on chargers and incentives, Navroop has built a profitable model that aligns with customer demand for greener deliveries.
Brand and Driver Benefits
The transition has strengthened Navroop’s business reputation, aligning with the sustainability values of both ANC and IKEA. His drivers enjoy quieter, more comfortable vehicles, with less fatigue and improved wellbeing. “I have happier customers, healthier drivers, and a stronger bottom line,” he says.
Project Spark Support
Like many ANC contractors, Navroop leaned on Project Spark for knowledge, tools, and encouragement. The program provided early advice on home charger installation, vehicle trials, onboarding support, and training to ease the transition. It also guided him through grants and incentives to reduce upfront costs.
ANC Leading the Charge
Navroop’s growing fleet is part of a much larger effort. ANC now operates more than 100 EVs nationwide, supported by ARENA funding and partnerships with OEMs and charging providers. To date, ANC EVs have moved 17.17 million kg of freight, avoided burning 263,000 litres of diesel, and are on track to make 30% of deliveries zero-emission by 2028.
With charging strategies ranging from home set-ups to public fast chargers and depot solutions, ANC is laying the foundations for large-scale sustainable delivery. For Navroop, that means confidence to keep expanding: a bigger fleet, a stronger team, and a business future powered by clean transport.
- Pilot phase ends: electric trucks move into mainstream fleet use
Electric trucks are shifting from small-scale pilots to more meaningful, real-world deployment, as fleets begin to test the technology under operational pressure rather than controlled conditions. Speaking at the Smart Energy Council Conference and Exhibition in Sydney, Alex Grant, Director at ARENA, said the industry is moving beyond early experimentation into a phase where projects are designed - Polestar Proves EV Growth Can Reduce EmissionsPolestar says it has reduced greenhouse gas emissions per sold vehicle by 31% since 2020, while simultaneously growing annual sales to more than 60,000 vehicles and expanding operations across 28 global markets. The results were published in the company’s 2025 Sustainability Report and position the Swedish EV brand as one of the few manufacturers publicly
- Heavy vehicle electrification starts at the depotWhen three of Australia’s largest truck operators began the transition to electric heavy vehicles, they quickly faced a challenge that could not be solved by the vehicle manufacturers alone. For Bunnings, BevChain and Coles, the question was not simply whether electric trucks could perform the task. It was whether the right charging infrastructure could be
- Electric Trucks Deliver 80% Fuel Savings and Faster Trips on Key Freight RoutesThe economics of long-haul road transport are being challenged by a new set of numbers that are difficult for fleet operators to ignore. Speaking at the Smart Energy Conference in Sydney, Daniel Bleakley, Co-founder and Co-CEO at New Energy Transport, outlined early operational results that show electric prime movers are already outperforming diesel across cost, productivity
- City of Parramatta shows how fleets can decarbonise without blowing the budgetThe City of Parramatta has demonstrated that reducing fleet emissions does not have to come at the expense of financial discipline or operational reliability. Through a structured Fleet Emissions Reduction Program, the council has taken a whole-of-system approach to fleet electrification—combining governance reform, data-driven decision-making and renewable energy infrastructure to create a practical pathway to
