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That box of diapers or flat-packed shelf might arrive in a retailer’s branded truck, a delivery company’s electric van, or an SUV driven by an independent contractor working through a third-party logistics provider. Each path to your doorstep is different – and so is the road to decarbonizing it. Electrifying the last mile requires more than just swapping out a vehicle. It calls for a coordinated rethink of how goods move, how the vehicles are fueled and how the people moving them are empowered to leave gas behind. In this session, leaders from across the delivery ecosystem share the most effective strategies they’re deploying to accelerate zero-emissions logistics – tackling costs, contracts, infrastructure and the driver experience along the way.

BRP, the Canadian company behind iconic brands like Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo and Can-Am, is taking a bold approach to electrification, developing its own in-house EV technology to meet the unique demands of powersport vehicles. In conversation with climate reporter Marco Chown Oved, BRP’s Chief Technology Officer Thomas Uhr will share the brand’s long-term electrification strategy and its growing portfolio of electric products – from karts and snowmobiles to motorcycles. The company will also explain why it chose to engineer its own electric architecture instead of relying on off-the-shelf technology. With Quebec-made batteries, e-power developed in Austria, Finnish-built snowmobiles and motorcycles assembled in Mexico, BRP’s global operations are helping shape what the future of low-emissions looks like on trails, tracks and snow-covered slopes.