Simon Cook, Volkmar Denner, Michael Liebreich.
“Life has been quite tough for electric van manufacturers so far. Market penetration in the UK has been very low. However, what our research suggests is that the situation will improve over time and that more LCV fleets will give the technology a chance in the medium term.”
Simon Cook, Fleet LCV leader at GE Capital UK, has real data to underline his analysis. According to the company´s research, 34 percent of fleet managers are planning to introduce more all-electric commercial vehicles in the next two years. 16% are eyeing FCVs as an option while 29% favour range-extended EVs and 22% hybrids.
commercialfleet.org
“Life has been quite tough for electric van manufacturers so far. Market penetration in the UK has been very low. However, what our research suggests is that the situation will improve over time and that more LCV fleets will give the technology a chance in the medium term.”
Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner says the supplier invests about 400 million euros a year in electric mobility and is currently working on 30 electric drive projects.
newfleet.de (in German)
“We have helped diesel to triumph. We will achieve the same for the electric drive.”
Michael Liebreich, founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, here comments on the UK’s Supreme Court ruling ordering the next British government to tackle air pollution which has been breaching EU limits for the last five years.
bloomberg.com
“This is a very significant ruling. It has to accelerate the shift to clean transportation in London and other cities around Europe. It could be just the jolt the electric vehicle industry is looking for.”
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