The Deléctrica company announced that they are working on a pilot project in the Monterrey-Laredo corridor to transport cargo to the border with the United States, both for import and export, through a hybrid model of auto transport units, although the strategy is to carry out all border crossings with 100% electric units.
Lorena Martínez, CEO of the company, explained that they have currently implemented this plan that is carried out on the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo route, where their electric fleet is used on journeys of between 250 and 300 kilometers.
“It is a transfer from Monterrey to Nuevo Laredo, where we already have a charging station, and we are about to open our station in Nuevo Laredo in April of this year, so in this way we will ensure that this transfer is made using electric vehicles and once in the border area with Laredo, Texas, we will look for cross dock areas, where a transfer of the merchandise can be made and the rest of the journey can be made with internal combustion vehicles,” he explained.
Deléctrica has developed, in collaboration with Transprtes Marva (number 5 in the Top 100 of Autotransporte® ), various circuits for the incorporation of 100% electric tractor-trailers, in a strategy to promote decarbonisation.
Among the circuits already operated by Transportes Marva with this scheme is the one in the Valley of Mexico, where they offer the service with Ferrovalle for the movement of containers; in Puebla to serve the automotive sector, as well as in Aguascalientes and Morelos where they work with Nissan. The most recent is Guadalajara, according to information shared with T21.
During her participation in the panel entitled Charging Infrastructure for Heavy Transport: Challenges and Advances in North America within the North America Mobility Summit 2025 Latam Mobility, Lorena Martínez said that this is a transitional solution, since the final goal is to carry out cross-border crossings with 100% electric units.
He said that Marva currently has a fleet of 60 fully electric tractor-trailers with all the necessary specifications such as the connection protocol, which allows the free passage of this type of vehicle to another territory.
Last November, Marva announced that it had exceeded one million kilometers traveled with its fleet of electric tractor-trailers, which has been the result of aligning interests with clients such as Ford, Hapag-Lloyd, Amazon, P&G, Nissan and Mercado Libre, to promote green logistics.
It should be remembered that in 2023, Deléctrica installed the first charging hub for heavy equipment , located in Tultitlán, State of Mexico, which has dual chargers with a capacity of 150 kW each, giving it a total capacity of two megawatts (2 mW), and in which it invested two million dollars.
It currently has charging facilities in Puebla, Salamanca (Guanajuato), Aguascalientes and Monterrey (Nuevo León), and soon in Nuevo Laredo (Tamaulipas).
Lorena Martínez, who is also secretary of the Electromobility Commission of the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation (Canacar) , said that the industry requires having charging stations at key road points, which are accessible and safe,
“Unfortunately, the industry is experiencing a security crisis, although there are obvious and tangible efforts in this regard, but today we are still in this crisis, and we cannot expect a carrier to seek to put its operator at risk, mainly, but also the vehicle and its load by placing it in recharging points that are subject to theft or any type of violence,” he said.
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