Compact Electric Utility Truck, 800 kg Payload
Hawke U1
Real payload and a flat deck for everyday work across the estate.
Pricing on request, tailored to your configuration.
Electric vehicles for garden centres
Plants, stock and customers, moved with care.
Overview
Why garden centres choose Hawke Electric Vehicles
A garden centre is part retail floor, part nursery and part yard, with plants, stock and materials moving between them all day, and customers everywhere in between. Electric vehicles carry the loads and, where you offer it, help customers with heavy purchases to their cars, all without bringing engine noise and fumes into a space built around plants and people. Compact enough for aisles and clean enough to run past the cafe and the displays, one fleet keeps stock flowing and the customer experience calm.
2 to 8
Seats per vehicle
3-year
Warranty on every build
24-hour
Priority call-out
Worldwide
Delivery and support
In practice
Where they earn their keep
Plants and trolleys from tunnels to floor
Compost, bark and bagged goods movement
Incoming stock from yard to displays
Carry-to-car customer service
Performance
Plants, stock and materials
Trolleys of plants, bags of compost and bark, and deliveries of stock moved from the yard and polytunnels to the retail floor, in a load bed or tipper sized to the job and clean enough to run through the centre.
Branding
Helping customers to their cars
Where you offer a carry-to-car service, a compact vehicle helps customers move heavy or bulky purchases to the car park quickly and pleasantly, turning a chore into a point of service.
Delivery
Quiet and clean among plants and people
No exhaust and near-silent running mean the vehicle works past displays, the cafe and customers without fumes or noise, preserving the fresh, unhurried atmosphere a garden centre trades on.
Support
Sized and supported for the site
We specify tyres, bed and tipper options for the mix of yard, tunnel and retail floor your centre involves. A 3-year warranty and 24-hour priority call-out keep the fleet running through the busy season.
Why us
What sets the fleet apart
Quiet, clean operation
Fully electric, with no engine noise or fumes, so movement never intrudes on the setting.
Built for your ground
Specified for the terrain and distances you actually cover, from smooth paths to rough track.
Bespoke branding
Liveries, upholstery and your logo applied at build, so the fleet reads as part of your operation.
All-day on one charge
Lithium batteries for reliable all-day running, charged overnight and ready each morning.
Right-sized fleet
From a single vehicle to a matched fleet, sized to your busiest day with headroom to spare.
Backed for the long term
A 3-year warranty and a 24-hour priority call-out keep you moving, with servicing around your calendar.
How it works
From first call to a fleet on site
01
Enquire
Tell us your site, how you operate and your busiest day. We talk through terrain, distances and seating with no obligation.
02
Specify and brand
We specify the right vehicles for your ground and apply your liveries, upholstery and logo at build, then prepare a tailored quote.
03
Build to order
Every fleet is built to your specification with lithium power and weather protection sized to how and where you run.
04
Deliver and support
Vehicles arrive charged and commissioned, backed by a 3-year warranty, 24-hour priority call-out and servicing around your calendar.
Suggested vehicles
Specified for garden centres
Electric Utility Truck, 1-Tonne Payload
Hawke U2
Real payload and a flat deck for everyday work across the estate.
Pricing on request, tailored to your configuration.
2-Seater Electric Tipper
Hawke S2 Tipper
A compact two-seater with a tipping cargo bed — the silent workhorse for grounds, sites and back-of-house.
Pricing on request, tailored to your configuration.
4-Seater Electric Golf Buggy
Hawke S4
Quiet, capable transport for the course, the club and the grounds.
Pricing on request, tailored to your configuration.
FAQ
Garden Centres questions, answered
Are the vehicles compact enough for the retail floor?+
Yes. We specify vehicles sized for aisles and doorways, so they move stock through the centre and yard without being oversized for the space, while still carrying a useful load.
Can we use them for a carry-to-car service?+
Yes. A compact vehicle is well suited to helping customers move heavy or bulky purchases to the car park, and can be finished and branded to read as part of your service.
Will they run cleanly past customers and the cafe?+
Yes. With no exhaust and near-silent running they preserve the fresh air and calm a garden centre depends on, working past displays and diners without intrusion.
Can we have a tipping body for loose material?+
Yes. A tipper option handles compost, bark and green waste, alongside standard load beds for trolleys and bagged stock. We configure the body around what you move.
How are they supported through the season?+
Every vehicle carries a 3-year warranty and a 24-hour priority call-out, with servicing planned around the seasons so vehicles are ready for the spring peak.
Get the right fleet for garden centres
Tell us how and where you operate and we will specify the right vehicles, branded to you, and prepare a tailored quote built around your needs.