28 Nissan e-NV200 electric vans are to go on winter trials with British Gas - part of the firm's grand plan to have 10% of its vans powered by electricity by 2015. Ironic really YOU'D think that if British Gas wanted to green up its fleet, it would run its 13,000 vans on – well, gas! this trial [...]
The Ford Transit Connect Tourneo has just been awarded the top 5 stars by NCAP THE nice people at Euro NCAP have been crash-testing more vehicles – and this time they've included a raft of 'kombi' models which are pretty close to vans. Kombis have seats and windows and therefore are not classed as commercial vehicles. But as [...]
Tracking the vehicles used to transport athletes and officials during the games was a mammoth task DID you marvel at the smooth running of the vehicles involved at the Olympic and Paralympic Games? It was all down to telematics firm Quartix. For the length of the Olympics, the BMWs and MINIs used during the games were tracked with [...]
Installing the Quartix telematics system has allowed Gratte Brothers to manage the vans much more intelligently, saving money, and improving the safety record HERE at Business Vans, we often bang on about the benefits of telematics and how installing systems in vans can save cash and reduce accidents. (Click here for more on telematics.) the annual accident rate [...]
Fruit-4-London, as the name suggests, is London based and as such takes full advantage of all the tax breaks and running costs savings available to electric vans GREEN fruit is proving a healthy alternative in London after delivery firm Fruit 4 London announced that it was taking its small fleet of vans "all electric". Electric van sales may [...]
Smart vans like this Ford Transit Sportvan can give a real image boost to a small business MET Richard Bunn the other week, which is always fun – and stimulating. ‘Sticky’ as he’s know to most of his chums, now runs his own van leasing company called White Hot Vans. With a career that includes spells at Ford, [...]
We all know about this distraction, but new gadgets - even safety related - mean that there are more and more driver distractions to deal with VANS are getting safer all the time, as more and more have items such as ESP, which prevent sideways skidding, and ABS brakes to help avoid shunts. Unfortunately, many of the safety [...]
The iBac is a new smartphone app that works wirelessly with a small breathalyser and tells you if it safe to drive EVER woken up in the morning with a stinking hangover and climbed behind the wheel of your van to start work, thinking to yourself: "Oh God, I bet I'm over the limit?" If you have then: [...]
The 40 Citroen Nemo vans will deliver commercial vehicle parts all over the south west, clocking up 100,000 miles in 3 years A COMMERCIAL vehicle parts distributor should know a thing or two about vans – so the decision by Mill Autoquip to take on 40 Citroen Nemo vans is quite a feather in the cap for the [...]
The Business Van Awards shortlist - aimed at the trades and small business - has been announced. So what's on the list for the best large trades van, then? THE shortlist for the first Business Van of the Year Awards, supported by MAGMA Automotive, has been announced today (25 November, 2014). The five judges have assessed the [...]
No great load lugger but perfect for getting between calls in a hurry.
If winter brings conditions like this, proper winter tyres can make the difference between being able to get to a job and staying at home - but they can be expensive, so what do you need to consider? THE subject of cold weather tyres – ie whether or not to fit them – is a thorny one, at [...]
VW is offering a 30-point winter once-over to get your van ready for the weather. De-icing goody bag is included USUALLY by this time of the year after a nice hot summer, the ice scraper has disappeared under mounds of detritus, the windscreen de-icer has dried up and doesn't work and as for checking the anti-freeze in the [...]
Americans are being offered the Fiat Ducato rebranded as the Ram Promaster NEWS has reached us that the evergreen Fiat Ducato, stalwart of many a van fleet and much loved by the camper van fraternity, is now on sale in the USA. But it won't be called the Fiat Ducato. Instead the van will bear the moniker Ram [...]
The Ford Transit has been voted the UK's most reliable van THERE are several good reasons why Ford has topped the UK van sales charts since the beginning of time – and one of these is that Ford vans are pretty reliable vehicles. The survey ranked vans on actual breakdowns and warranty claims This fact has been brought [...]
