British Gas orders 2,000 electric vans, in one of the biggest such upgrades by a UK company so far By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 22 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 22 February 2021 British Gas has ordered 2,000 electric vans, in one of the biggest such upgrades by a … Read more
GM spin-off company will make electric delivery vans with ‘Tesla killer’ battery that gives them a 250-mile range, the automobile manufacture reveals at CES GM announced a new business unit Tuesday at the Consumer Electronics Show BrightDrop will provide delivery companies with vehicles and other products Its first product is a battery-powered pallet that moves packages … Read more
GM announced a spin-off company that is a ‘one-stop shop ecosystem’ to speed up shipping and ease the delivery process. Called BrightDrop, it was revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show, along with the new business unit’s all-electric vehicle with a range of 250 miles and battery-powered delivery pallet. The EV600 delivery van is GM’s first … Read more
New car sales in Britain fell to their lowest level since 1992 with a 29 per cent decline in registrations – the biggest fall since UK vehicle factories stopped producing motors at the height of the Second World War – say official figures released earlier today. Enforced showroom closures in lockdowns and restrictions throughout the year … Read more
Vauxhall in talks about producing electric vans in Britain following calls from some of the country’s biggest fleet operators By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 December 2020 Vauxhall is in talks about producing electric vans in Britain after calls from some of the … Read more
BT’s network arm Openreach to take on 2,500 extra engineers and switch to electric vans By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 December 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 17 December 2020 The network arm of BT is poised to take on 2,500 more engineers and electrify its 27,000 vans. As it … Read more
An investigation into clocking has revealed that there could be as many as 2.5 million cars and vans on Britain’s roads with doctored mileage, putting buyers at risk of purchasing vehicles that have covered misleadingly long distances.. Rapid Car Check reviewed the mileage of seven million cars and vans and found that 443,061 – or … Read more
M&S is preparing for its products to officially replace Waitrose’s on the Ocado website today – and the delivery company has launched a fleet of limited-edition Percy Pig vans to mark the occasion. The M&S Food range launches on the Ocado website this morning – and it has now been crowned the cheapest out of the … Read more
Vans could be banned from city centres under government plans to create more road space for cyclists as part of Boris Johnson’s £2billion anti-obesity drive. A government report aimed at ‘unleashing our nation of cyclists’ proposes reducing ‘unnecessary motorised freight’ like lorries and vans in UK cities. Freight would be sent to out-of-town depots before … Read more
Some of the worst polluting vans on Britain’s roads will still be allowed free access into new Clean Air Zones because of flaws in official Government data, a new report reveals today. Experts say that admitted errors in the DVLA’s own records – described by ministers as ‘limited gaps’ – mean they will fail to … Read more