electric van

It’s been a strong start to life for the electric Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL vans – which have covered 404,000miles in Berlin and Stuttgart. The electric vans were launched in two projects, each with 50 Vito E-CELL models, expected to run for around four years. They are being used in a number of application areas, including: [...]

The Ford Transit Connect Electric vehicle is enjoying early sales success through its provider Azure Dynamics Corporation. Twenty nine models of the electric van have been sold by Azure, including eight units in Europe and 21 inNorth America – incorporating a three-unit reorder from Johnson Controls, Inc. The Ford Transit Connect Electric uses a lithium-ion [...]

The Design Centre inPotsdam was the setting for Volkswagen to reveal its eT electric delivery van research vehicle which is capable of following the delivery person from house to house, or can return to the person on demand. The driver can direct the van with the commands “follow me” and “come to me”; or, as [...]

The Ford Transit Connect Electric has been making its mark on corporate fleets in the USA since December 2010 – and now a passenger wagon version of the vehicle is set to be introduced. Ford has teamed up with Azure Dynamics Corporation to create the Transit Connect Electric wagon, which places the Azure Force Drive [...]

The components and technologies that have driven the success of the battery powered Nissan LEAF have now been applied to five light commercial vehicles in the Nissan line-up. The Japanese carmaker exhibited the five models, which included three trucks, at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show. Let’s take a closer look at each of the trucks: [...]

Renault is celebrating winning a bid for an order for 15,637 Kangoo ZE electric vans from 19 French public authorities. Out of the order, 10,000 vans are for postal service La Poste, 1,500 for electricity suppliers ERDF, 1,200 for central purchasing authority UGAP, 510 for environmental services firm Veolia Environnement, 450 for electricity firm GDF-Suez [...]

The Post Expo trade fair in Stuttgart was the setting for Mercedes-Benz to showcase its new Vito E-CELL electric van. The Mercedes Vito E-CELL has a payload of 900kg and a load compartment with no restrictions on use. Its batteries are located in the under-floor unit, so as not to take up load space, and [...]

The Ford Transit Connect Electric van, a collaboration between Ford and Azure Dynamics Corporation, has won a huge GSA Contract Award that will allow military installations, government agencies and affiliated companies to purchase the all-electric vehicle. Known as the Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity award, it is a four-year contract worth an estimated $112million. The estimate [...]

The Ford Transit Connect Electric van may not be widely available just yet, but it is already proving a hit. The Azure Dynamics Corporation has announced 27 sales of the vehicle, including a five-unit sale to returning customer FedEx Express, a four-unit sale to the city of Toronto, and a three-unit sale to DTE Energy [...]

The leading rental car company in Europe – Europcar – is teaming up with Mercedes-Benz vans to examine the use of electric cars in cities and how rental services can be adapted to meet demand. It is expected that the German van maker will supply a double digit number of Vito E-CELL vehicles to the [...]