In part 1 of this Chanje electric van review, we looked at the Chanje electric van’s background and some of its features. In this second part, we take a look at what Chanje brings to the table for fleet owners if they turn from simple vehicles operators to energy management and vehicle coordination. Chanje is a game changer, and this time, pun intended.
The Renault Kangoo ZE — the current iteration of which (the Kangoo ZE 33) possesses a 124 mile real-world range and is available in a number of different body types meant to suit different uses — won the “Green Award” at the 2018 What Van? Awards that took place in London on December 13th.
Over at CleanTechnica, we’re always excited to see something new, something smart, and something designed clean from the ground up. Enter center stage, the Chanje electric van. The Chanje electric van is a serious fleet industry game changer in more ways than seems obvious.
One of the parts of the auto industry that is best suited to near-term electrification is the delivery vehicle/van segment. Such vehicles — whether inner city parcel delivery trucks, produce trucks, mail delivery vehicles, bakery vans, etc. — generally don’t travel much on a daily basis, and often follow very reliable usage patterns within a strict service area, so there are often no fundamental reasons for the operators of such vehicles to not go electric.
A coalition comprised of 13 different environmental groups advocating for “clean” transportation solutions in the US has sent an open letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) calling for the next-generation delivery vehicles (NGDV) design that’s chosen to be a plug-in electric.
Ryder Systems will take delivery before the end of the year of 125 electric delivery vans manufactured by Chanje in China.
City, state, and other government vehicles have much to gain from the outstanding technological advances coming from Nissan and other leaders in the electric vehicle transition. That also means battery leadership. As one unique application of lithium-ion batteries, they can help soften the blow of a medical emergency. They can provide extra help in remote or disturbed areas without electricity and in dire circumstances.
Startup electric truck maker Chanje Energy, Inc. has launched an electric Class 5 van, intent to replace last century’s fossil fuels with a zero-emissions Class 5 last-mile delivery option. This is the latest of several recent additions to the electric truck and van market.
The Voltia eNV200 Maxi, an all-electric urban delivery van based on the Nissan eNV200, has been deployed for the first time in Slovakia (by the firm DPD Slovakia), according to an email sent to CleanTechnica. Voltia is also based out of Slovakia, but it is focusing its unique electric van on Europe at large.
Do you ever wonder what shape the world might be in if electric cars had not been replaced by gas cars so long ago? It has been over 100 years after the legendary London department store Harrods first added an electric van to its fleet. Harrods is now returning to electric vehicle technology. The company has selected the 100% electric Nissan e-NV200 delivery van as the latest addition to its delivery fleet.
