Here’s a selection of interesting links covering UK van industry developments and the future of electric vehicles:

• “Electric future a decade off” – a informative and balanced look at progress and prospects for electric vans and cars from Fleet News.
• The UK government is probably going to abandon loss-making Birmingham-based van maker LDV (as it should…), but there are several potential buyers sniffing around, according to The Times.
• Finally, redundancy could be quite lucrative for some of workers at Ford’s Southampton factory – they stand to pocket as much as £100,000 from losing their jobs, thanks to aggressive union pay bargaining.