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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 [...]

As electric vehicles are still a bit of a niche market especially in commercial form, it is always slightly interesting see how they will perform when one of them turns up for auction. That is exactly what happened at BCA Blackbusche recently, when a Smith Edison E-van went under the hammer. With all the market [...]

Keep your eyes on Smith Electric Vehicles, as it launches a new sales strategy to become more competitive in the electric vehicle sector. The company announced enhanced pricing and improved vehicle performance at the CV Show 2011. Acquired by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corp on January 1, it is shifting the focus of its electric [...]

With another six months to go before the launch of Renault’s first electric commercial vehicle, the firm celebrating securing the first order for its new Kangoo Z.E (zero emission) van. The order for six models has been placed by one of the French car maker’s longstanding customers, JCDecaux, which is known as Europe’s largest ‘out-of-home’ [...]

Administrators for electric van maker Modec say they have been unable to find a buyer for the cash-strapped firm. The Coventry-based firm was taken over by administrators Zolfo Cooper on March 4, as the firm made 25 of 65 of its staff redundant. Media reports suggest that the EV manufacturer had to call in the [...]

Telecommunications firm BT has confirmed a trial of electric vans as part of its commitment to reduce its global carbon intensity by 80 per cent by 2020. The firm’s Openreach division– which is responsible for the nationwide local BT network– has begun testing four electric vans in Milton Keynes and East London, and, if successful, [...]

A new all-electric walk-in van has been launched by the Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Morgan Olson LLC with new exterior and interior body styling.   The plug-in, all-electric walk-in van chassis was first introduced earlier this year with FCCC then forming a partnership with Morgan Olson to develop a new body style for [...]