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Three quarters of UK van drivers now believe EVs could meet their business needs
(www.renewableenergymagazine.com)
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The problem with electric vans is that of capacity, in the UK (and Europe?) it's 3.5t before you need to think about drivers hours and lots of paperwork, for business. It just looks at mercedes esprinter, with the smaller battery to keep it under 3.5t you are looking at a payload between 495kg and 651kg depending on spec. That is absolutely nothing if you are shifting anything other than Amazon parcels around. But arguably that's the best use of an electric van, slow speeds with stop start. Unless the law changes on vehicle weights there will still be a large demand for diesel vans