Morocco’s Postal Service Launches 225 Locally-Made Electric Vehicles for Deliveries

The company had signed an agreement in 2020 with Stellantis Kénitra for the design of these electric vehicles of the Citroën Ami type. With its 75 km range, its 45 km/h, its full recharge in 3 hours on a standard household outlet, Ami has been designed to facilitate its daily use.

These electric vehicles will be put into circulation in 42 cities across all regions. As for their distribution, it will be based on the size and volume of mail-parcel distribution, it is specified.

Speaking on the occasion of the launch ceremony, the Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, affirmed that the Kingdom is advancing with serenity in its energy transition, adding that this choice is part of an eco-responsible approach, responding to the global concerns raised by climate change, which the Moroccan industry puts at the service of the modernization and proximity of public services provided to citizens.

For his part, the director of the postal activities pole at Barid Al-Maghrib, El Messaoudi Abdeladim, stressed that these vehicles considered as real springboards towards a new era, meet the company’s objective of adopting eco-mobility in order to contribute to reducing CO₂ emissions related to transport and to ensure clean and sustainable mobility.