What's holding back the widespread deployment of electric vehicles in delivery fleets? Electric van expert Paul Kirby discusses the practical realities of setting up an EV delivery fleet. We cover:
- Are commercial electric vehicles price-competitive compare to ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles?
- Safety, ease of driving, and practical advantages of electric vehicles
- Improvements in the driving range of commercial electric vehicles
- Infrastructure requirements of an electric delivery fleet
- The "dark art" of vehicle charging
- Government approach to electric vehicles, treating light commercial vehicles the same as passenger vehicles
- Public discourse about private electric vehicles vs commercial vehicles
- Key things fleet managers need to know before converting to electric delivery vehicles
- Understanding payload, charging, and other alternative delivery modes (e.g. cargo bikes)
- The EV Café
