{"id":345,"date":"2008-10-30T14:24:23","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T14:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2008-10-30T14:24:23","modified_gmt":"2008-10-30T14:24:23","slug":"new-retro-fit-hybrid-kit-reduces-van-emissions-by-up-to-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/345","title":{"rendered":"New Retro-Fit Hybrid Kit Reduces Van Emissions by up to 24%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new retro-fittable hybrid power kit has been shown to reduce emissions by up to 24.7% in tests on a Ford Transit van at the government-approved Millbrook emissions testing facility in Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n<p>The HYBRID+ kit is made by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connaughtengineering.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Connaught Engineering<\/a> and is based around a 48V DC electric motor which can be fitted to a van in just one day &#8211; meaning minimal interruption to vehicle usage. Test results using a Ford Transit driven over the EU-standard CADC (Artemis) test cycle produced the following reductions in CO2 emissions and fuel usage:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Urban: 18%<\/li>\n<li>Road: 11.5%<\/li>\n<li>Combined: 15%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other test cycles were also completed, producing results consistent with the CADC tests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New European Drive Cycle (NEDC): 10%<\/li>\n<li>T2 City Drive Cycle: 24.7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The HYBRID+ kit costs from \u00a32,750+VAT fitted and can be fitted to most vehicles within a day &#8211; reducing any impact on vehicle availability. Installing the kit does not affect the original manufacturer&#8217;s warranty nor does it cause a reduction in payload, thanks to the use of lightweight, modern supercapacitors in place of heavy batteries.<\/p>\n<p>The HYBRID+ solution sounds like it could rapidly pay for itself with van operators who do a lot of urban work. In addition, its envirnmental credentials seem strong &#8211; especially as highly-polluting and heavy batteries have been eliminated from the system. It will be interesting to see where this goes &#8211; perhaps it will provide the inspiration for a newer generation of factory fit conversions.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the HYBRID+ solution, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connaughtengineering.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Connaught Engineering&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connaught Engineering&#8217;s new HYBRID+ bolt-on hybrid conversion kit can decrease fuel consumption and emissions by up to 24% and can be fitted to a van in a day &#8211; with no loss of payload. What&#8217;s not to like?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[452,257,451,450,454,453],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}