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French Distrbutor Orders 100 Electric Vans from Modec
The Coventry based electric van manufacturer, Modec, has released details that they have won a contract worth £3m for the sale of 100 vans to a French dsitributor. This news was released after Modec announced that their electric urban delivery van is the first to gain the EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval. This means that the van can be sold outside of Britain to any EU country without having to be put through more testing.
The electric van manufacturer has benefitted from business from Tesco’s, UPS, FedEx and Center Parcs just to name a few. They can now add yet another client to their list, ElecTruckCity who ordered £3m worth of vans.
ElecTruckCity is a French van distributor who is based in Paris, they are the first Modec distributor in France. Bill Gillespie, chief executive of Modec, said this about the deal: “International demand for Modec is extremely strong. ElecTruckCity has taken the first step by setting up a distribution network in France and we are very excited about the future of the French market.”
The vans that were bought by ElecTruckCity were the popular urban delivery vans. Modec has currently sold over 150 ehicles in the UK to customers like Tesco. These Modec delivery vans are becoming ever more popular because they have been design for the city. The Modec van can travel 100 miles on the lithium battery at only 15p per mile, whereas a petrol powered van would cost around 37p per mile.
The vans also can save more than 9 tonnes of CO2 every year which can help companies like Tesco reduce their emmissions.
As these Modec vans become ever more popular, it appears that the common vans that you see around like Citroen vans or Nissan vans will have alot of competition as more and more companies want to get greener.
Modec are targeting the tipper van market with their brand new electric powered tipper van. This new vehicle has been designed for councils refuce collection. These are most likely going to become popular as we see an increase in councils becoming greener.
I also wouldn’t be surprised if we started to see an increase in van leasing companies that are investing in Modec vans as alot of companies that are currently leasing their vans may be interested in a cheaper, more greener alternative.