Daimler Truck Financial Services UK pledges to lead on zero-emission vehicle funding

By |2022-09-07T11:47:16+01:00September 7th, 2022|Van News|

By developing intelligent and sustainable solutions, the new business is set to play a key role in driving the take-up of alternatively-fuelled vehicles. Dedication ensures that Daimler Truck Financial Services’ extensive range of purchase and leasing products, as well as the insurance packages it will be introducing next year in the UK, can all be perfectly tailored to meet the needs of commercial and passenger-carrying vehicle operators.

Trefor TRIPL electric delivery trike aims for niche market

By |2016-07-11T16:15:07+01:00July 11th, 2016|Van News|

AN ELECTRIC delivery trike with the cargo capacity of a small van is about to go on sale in the UK, the Trefor TRIPL aimed at urban and last-mile deliveries with specifications including heated and refrigerated load bays. The Danish-built Trefor TRIPL is emissions-free and low on noise, making it the ideal vehicle for use in major cities. The trike [...]

Renault Twizy Cargo: it’s a van, Jim – but not as we know it!

By |2013-08-06T17:11:26+01:00August 6th, 2013|Editor's blog, Industry articles|

  For low-volume, around-town deliveries, the Twizy Cargo could be just the ticket IT’S not going to shift a lot of cargo or carry much equipment, but Renault’s new commercial, the Renault Twizy Cargo, will get your business noticed for sure. You can charge the Twizy from an ordinary plug - and it costs £1 And for city-based [...]

Network Rail goes green with Mercedes Vito E-CELLs

By |2013-05-15T12:11:36+01:00May 15th, 2013|Van News|

  The eight-seat all-electric Vito E-CELL Traveliners make dozens of daily journeys and produce no pollutant emissions TWO Mercedes-Benz E-CELL Vito Traveliners have gone into service with Network Rail. They'll be used to ferry employees between its residential leadership development centre and the local railway station. A completely discharged Vito E-CELL battery can be recharged from a [...]

Volkswagen concept van promises zero emissions, large capacity and small van manoeuvrability

By |2013-03-06T07:55:01+00:00March 6th, 2013|Van News|

The e-Co-Motion concept – zero emissions and a decent payload AN electric-powered Volkswagen concept van was unveiled at this week’s Geneva motorshow and could be the shape of city vans to come. The e-Co-Motion transporter electric drive system produces zero emissions on the road and offers maximum space on a minimal vehicle footprint. And attention has been paid [...]

Could an all-electric van work for your business?

By |2013-01-30T08:42:56+00:00January 30th, 2013|Van News|

The 100% electric Nissan e-NV200's driving and performance characteristics have drawn positive comments NISSAN’S all-electric e-NV200 has been given a thumbs-up by leasing firms as well as companies running van fleets after they drove the vehicle during a two-day trip to the manufacturer’s plant in Barcelona. Representatives from five leasing companies, six major fleet operators and three used [...]

Nissan and Coca-Cola team up for all-electric e-NV200 van trials

By |2012-11-13T15:54:30+00:00November 13th, 2012|Van News|

Story: COLIN DAWSON   COCO-COLA is about to fizz-up its green credentials with the trialling of Nissan’s all-electric e-NV200 for regional sales duties around the Japanese city of Yokohama. Nissan has provided the e-NV200 in a partnership deal to test the zero-emissions van and garner feedback on its prowess in meeting commercial demands. The test results will help [...]

Citroen unveils second-generation Electric Berlingo

By |2012-09-27T16:11:50+01:00September 27th, 2012|Van News|

Story: COLIN DAWSON Citroën took the wraps off its new Electric Berlingo at the recent Hannover Commercial Show this month. The second-generation Electric Berlingo employs Citroën’s latest electric vehicle technology, while retaining the conventional Berlingo’s load volume of up to 4.1m3 and 675kg payload. Various parts of the vans’s electric powertrain are contained under the bonnet or beneath other [...]

Mercedes Sprinter E-CELL makes world debut

By |2012-09-21T16:46:16+01:00September 21st, 2012|Van News|

Story: COLIN DAWSON Mercedes-Benz continues development of battery-electric-drive vans, with the zero-emissions version of the Sprinter making its world debut this week at the Hannover Commercial Vehicle Show. According to Mercedes, the prototype of the Sprinter E-CELL has been developed thanks to the positive reactions to the Vito E-CELL. The platform for the zero-emissions Sprinter was provided by [...]

Nissan confirms production of zero-emissions e-NV200 van

By |2012-09-20T18:10:17+01:00September 20th, 2012|Van News|

Story: COLIN DAWSON An all-electric version of Nissan's NV200 van will go into production towards the end of year. Nissan yesterday confirmed manufacture of the e-NV200 at the Hannover show after a theatrical unveiling of the zero-emission vehicle, which is an amalgamation of the Nissan LEAF and the conventional NV200 van. The front end shows a clear family resemblance [...]

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