The “world’s leading ice cream truck manufacturer” has released its first fully electric ice cream truck, which is already in operaiton, and it says it’s open for orders for more.

Whitby Morrison bills itself as “the world’s leading ice cream truck manufacturer,” supplying converted vans as ice cream trucks to drivers worldwide.

And now it has taken a big step into the modern age delivering its first fully electric ice cream truck to Hocking’s dairy in North Devon, England.

The truck has been operating since July, through the course of one “ice cream season.” It reportedly covered more than 100 miles a day and has done days serving up to 12 hours at a time.

It’s built on a standard Mercedes eSprinter, so it’s not retrofitted from the diesel vans that make up most of Whitby Morrison’s other offerings. The eSprinter comes in a “chassis cab” configuration which comes with just the chassis and cab, and lets upfitters build whatever they want onto the back end of the vehicle.

In this case, it also got some pretty extensive (and a little over-the-top) art all around the vehicle, highlighting the van’s electric operation.

The ice cream truck maker, Whitby Morrison, says this is the “world’s first fully certified electric ice cream truck.”

We’re not sure what sort of international certifications are required for an ice cream truck so we’ll take their word for it, but we have seen a Rivian EDV turned into a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream truck , complete with side window, and a concept electric ice cream truck as far back as 2019 .

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