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Click the thumbs up > Winter conditions can reduce the range of a battery electric vehicle by up to 40%, participants in the Optimise Prime EV trial have reported. The Ofgem-funded programme is the world’s largest commercial EV project and aims to discover how the UK’s electricity infrastructure will cope with the mass adoption of EVs, as well as how businesses can accelerate their transition. It features three fleet partners – Royal Mail, Centrica and Uber – who each have different operating modes, as well as Hitachi and electricity distribution networks UK Power Network and Scottish...

1 person found this useful Operators are being told they have ‘no time to lose’ to electrify their van fleets, after a ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol light commercial vehicles (LCVs) was brought forward to 2030. Hybrid vans, which the Government has yet to define but says should be able to travel a “significant distance” with no carbon coming out of the tailpipe, will be banned from 2035. Paul Kirby, head of LCV and EV strategy at Vanarama, said: “The reality is you need to get started now because, with the ban on diesel and petrol vans from 2030, that could be just two re...