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MAGAZINE Spring 2020 Issue ELECTRIC VEHICLES > FLEET > CHARGING > BUSINESS > INNOVATION INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 06 - 07 16 24 PETROL & LARGEST EV BIK BOOST DIESEL BAN... ROAMING FOR EVS WHAT THIS SERIVICE MEANS 02 03 Image - Elmtronics HQ Guest Editor Contents Lyndsey Hetherington Associate Consultant - EV Charging Solutions Elmtronics Limited 03 06 - 07 08 - 10 EDITOR’S 2035 PETROL & DIESEL TOP EV TRUCKS LETTER BAN..WHAT IT MEANS TO WATCH HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN AN 11 - 15 16 18 22 OF THE BIGGEST LARGEST EV CHANGES TO ELECTRIC CAR? ROAMING OLEV GRANT EV GO ON SALE As the government moves to ‘Hope the government are going to buy me this new car because I can’t afford a new one anytime soon!’ SERVICE bring forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars Its no denying that electric cars carry a hefty price tag…what about 24 32 looking into the used market? I bought a four-year-old Nissan 25 to 2035, there’s no denying LEAF, with very low mileage and full battery health. I have recently BIK BOOST been told by the garage that the car is now in ‘positive equity’... MINI LAUNCH NEW PEUGEOT the news has caused a storm Not something you hear of with petrol or diesel car’s. FOR EVs REVIEW within the media. An influx of negative comments such as: ‘The range isn’t good enough!’ How many miles do you actually drive per day? A figure that I ‘What happens when your battery believe, gets hugely over estimated. I like to rely on my home goes flat on the motorway after being chargepoint in the main but can also get away with just charging at work through the week and that’s with a 35 mile commute every stuck in a traffic jam or stuck in snow day! overnight?’ At present, we can see manufacturers are fully invested in a zero Wouldn’t this be the same in a petrol emissions future, with some 60 plug-in models now on the market or diesel car? How much range is really and 34 more coming in 2020, the range of the vehicles are ever- lost over night? A couple of miles?…I increasing. have never had an issue with my Nissan LEAF. Misconceptions of electric vehicles can be frustrating. Why do we still have these negative opinions of electric cars? ‘How many electric car charging points We still have our work cut out in educating and advising people do you see on your travels? I drive 300 with the true facts of driving electric. That is why every single miles a week and I have seen only one.’ member of our team, drives either a fully electric or plug-in hybrid car. A great follow on LinkedIn is our Sales Director, Simon Tate, Ecotricity’s Electric Highway network who documents his real-life journey, travelling throughout the UK, in a fully electric Telsa. The good, the bad…and the ugly, which you has rapid chargepoints at just about usually get a laugh at! every motorway service station in the UK…if you’re not looking for We encourage everyone to get behind the wheel of an electric chargepoints you’re very unlikely car, feel the comfort, test the speed and experience the torque to notice them. A great tool to find and I can 100% guarantee, it will sway the opinions of the most chargepoints in any area is an app enthusiastic of petrol heads. called Zap-Map. Throughout the year, we will be attending and hosting a range of events, giving you the chance to jump behind the wheel, of not only high-spec Tesla’s and Jaguar’s, but also more affordable electric cars such as the new Peugeot and Mini, which can give the most expensive of models, a real run for their money. Going into 2020, my one piece of advice would be to go and test drive an electric car and then decide! We hope you enjoy the magazine and the topics we have covered, if you would like to feature in this magazine or have any suggestions we would love to hear from you. Email us at [email protected] GUIDED AND INSPIRED TECHNOLOGY 06 07 When will petrol and diesel cars be banned? 2035 PETROL & DIESEL BAN... The ban is being introduced in 2035 - five years earlier than previously planned. Experts said the original target of 2040 would be too late if the UK wanted to achieve WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? its target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050. The ban is also being expanded to hybrid cars and plug-in hybrids, which had not been included under the original proposals. As a result, people will be able to buy only elec- The sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned tric or hydrogen cars and vans. after 2035. People will only be able to buy electric or What difference will it make to climate change? hydrogen cars and vans, once the ban comes into effect. About a third of CO2 emissions in the UK come from transport. So the ban on conventional car sales will certainly help move the UK towards the net-zero target the government announced in 2019. What will happen to old petrol and diesel cars? There is currently no UK-wide scrappage scheme in place for petrol and diesel cars and it is unclear if the government is considering this. You will still be able to buy a second-hand petrol or diesel car in 2035 and drive one you currently own. There could even be a boom in petrol or diesel sales in 2034, as motorists prepare to buy combustion engines for the final time. Are diesels being phased out? You can drive all diesel vehicles built after 1 September 2015 into any low-emission zone without being charged. However, older diesel cars may be charged and even banned altogether from some city centres as standards change. Will petrol and diesel cars be banned in UK? A heavily polluted road which is partially enclosed will become Britain’s first zero-emis- sions street where all petrol and diesel cars will be banned. Cars that breach the ban Why? will be fined £130. Reasons for banning further sale of fossil-fuelled vehicles include meeting national CO2 targets under international agreements such as the Kyoto Accord and the Paris Agreement, energy independence, or health risk from particulate and other emissions. 08 Tesla Semi TOP COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FOR 2020! MAN eTruck The e-truck for medium and heavy-duty distribution traf- fic can be configured as a refrigerated vehicle with either a swap body or beverage body. The all-electric MAN eTGM distribution vehicle is offered in a three-axle 6x2-4 chassis configuration as a 26-tonner with a steerable and liftable trailing axle and four-corner Given Tesla’s leadership with EVs, it’s no surprise the company is at the forefront of replacing diesel-guzzling, long- air suspension. The electric distribution vehicle is pow- haul big rigs with all-electric, heavy-duty semi-trucks. Tesla first announced the Tesla Semi in 2017 and said production ered by a 264 kW electric motor, developing a maximum would begin in early 2019. That production date later was pushed back to late 2020. torque of 3,100 Nm. Auxiliary units such as power steer- ing, air compressors and the air-conditioning system are There are two Tesla Semis: one with a 300-mile range and one with a 500 - to 600 mile range. According to the compa- operated electrically and controlled as required by the ny, the expected base prices for those trucks are $150,000 and $180,000, respectively. (To put that into perspective, a energy management system and are thus energy-saving. typical Class 8 diesel day-cab starts at roughly $120,000.) The company also says the Tesla Semi will have a two-year payback period. That’s taking into consideration fuel savings and the fact that the Tesla Semi will have fewer systems to maintain compared to diesel vehicles. The Tesla Semi has four Model 3-derived electric motors, which will allow it to accelerate from 0 mph to 60 mph in 20 Chanje’s V8100s seconds while carrying a full load (roughly 40 tons). The truck can maintain that 60- mph speed while travelling up a 5% grade. The company’s nearly 30-foot long V8100 electric medium-duty panel van can carry a 3-ton payload. What’s more, the van’s lithium-ion battery pack holds LEVC Van Rivian enough charge for a 150-mile range. According to the company, that’s more than double the number of miles the majority of commercial delivery vans drive in a day. Chanje’s V8100s are already on the roads. In 2018, Ryder System announced it would buy 900 of Chanje’s Class 5 electric vans to lease to FedEx. Later, the delivery and logistics company said it would buy an additional 100 of the all-electric trucks (all of FedEx’s 1,000 Chanje V8100s will operate in California), and Ryder ordered 500. Daimler Trucks To refuel the tens of thousands of hydrogen-powered Expect a typical van set-up, with sliding side doors Rivian made headlines in September when big rigs it plans to put on America’s roads, the company and rear access, too, although the taxi’s tight turning Amazon (one of its investors) announced its plans to build a coast-to-coast network of 700 hydro- circle could be retained to help the LEVC van in the plans to purchase 100,000 of the automotive gen stations across the United States by 2028.