Waste Management NZ surpasses three million electric kilometres

Waste Management New Zealand has surpassed three million kilometres driven by its electric heavy vehicle fleet.

It marks a rapid acceleration in one of the country’s most advanced commercial decarbonisation programmes.

The milestone comes just over a year after the company passed the two million kilometre mark in late 2024, signalling what WM describes as “a rapidly increasing pace of progress” in heavy-vehicle electrification.

WM began its electric fleet programme in 2016, reaching its first one million electric kilometres six years later. The second million followed in only two years, while the third was achieved in around 12 months, highlighting the pace of recent growth.

Today, WM operates 60 electric heavy vehicles nationwide, including 50 built through in-house conversions by the company’s engineering teams.

WM says the in-house approach is helping build local capability while accelerating innovation in electric heavy vehicles.