{"id":329693,"date":"2024-05-23T07:32:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T05:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=329693"},"modified":"2024-05-23T07:32:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T05:32:55","slug":"electric-van-sales-in-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=329693","title":{"rendered":"Electric Van Sales In\u00a0Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.smmt.co.uk\/vehicle-data\/lcv-registrations\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Whilst EV car sales remain sluggish, the market for electric vans is even worse. The government\u2019s ZEV mandate demands that 10% of van sales are electric this year, and this figure rises rapidly in the next few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/pathway-for-zero-emission-vehicle-transition-by-2035-becomes-law<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However sales of the useless things gave actually fallen this year, and only account for 4.9% of the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fleetworld sum up the problem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) said several major van makers now insist that a proportion of all vehicle orders must be electric vans in order to reflect the percentage of ZEV vehicles they are now legally required to sell \u2013 creating a dilemma for fleets that can\u2019t go electric yet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AFP chair Paul Hollick explained: \u201cIt\u2019s quickly becoming a widespread practice that when a fleet wants to order a quantity of vans, manufacturers are asserting that a percentage is electric \u2013 often 10% to reflect the 2024 ZEV mandate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe problem is that some fleets just don\u2019t have a role for these electric vans within their business. Their payload and range requirements mean there is no operational profile for which the electric van can be practically used, or there is no suitable charging infrastructure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hollick said that the situation presented a dilemma for fleets \u2013 whether to switch to manufacturers not insisting on order quotas, to not replace existing diesel vehicles and keep operating them for longer, or to buy quota electric vans and use them for occasional lighter duties or simply park them up.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll of these courses of action are far from ideal. Changing van supplier can be quite an arduous task for fleets, meaning that the whole van unit has to be rethought including fitting out. Hanging onto older vans that really need to be replaced means that you are likely to experience problems with reliability and has potential risk management and environmental implications.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLastly, it\u2019s just not viable to buy expensive assets such as electric vans and not really use them in the operational roles where you actually need a solution.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/fleetworld.co.uk\/zev-order-quotas-creating-dilemmas-for-van-fleet-replacements-warns-afp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I suspect we are going to see increasing numbers of imported vans, which in turn will exacerbate the problems for UK manufacturers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Whilst EV car sales remain sluggish, the market for electric vans is even worse. 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