{"id":4322,"date":"2013-02-28T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2013-02-28T19:37:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T19:37:02","slug":"48-of-van-drivers-could-use-an-electric-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4322","title":{"rendered":"48% of Van Drivers Could Use an Electric Van"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nissan eNV200 electric van<\/p><\/div>\n

According to a new survey, 48% of van drivers do less than 100 miles per day, suggesting that they could use an electric van without compromising practicality or scheduling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nissan is making a big push into the UK van market, and one of its main differentiators is a market-ready production electric van, the eNV200, which has been extensively<\/a> trialled<\/a>, received great feedback<\/a>, and is due to go on sale in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n

To help promote the case for electric vans, which I think has already been well proven<\/a>, Nissan performed this survey* to gather information about van drivers’ habits, quirks and working practices.<\/p>\n

One key finding was that 48% of those questioned drive less than 100 miles a day, which according to Nissan means that they could switch their van to an eNV200 electric van without encountering risking flat batteries mid-delivery or having to change their delivery routes.<\/p>\n

Just 26% drive more than 200 miles a day, highlighting the fact that the majority of vans are used for local work, where electric vehicles could be very successful — assuming you have somewhere to plug them in and charge them at the end of the day. Many small businesses don’t.<\/p>\n

Clean-living music<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, 63% of drivers said they couldn\u2019t live without their radio in their vehicle and when they tune in, 23% choose Radio 2. Surprisingly more van drivers listen to Classic FM than Radio 5 Live and 7% list Talk Sport as their favourite station.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the survey results, Jon Pollock, Nissan’s corporate sales director said:<\/p>\n

\u201cVan drivers have been given some unfair press in the past which is why we wanted to build up a real picture of what they do, how they think and the features they value on their van. Our research says they are health conscious, hardworking and loyal individuals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nissan’s research also found that cleanliness is next to godliness, in driving terms at least —\u00a092% of drivers said they feel better when driving a clean vehicle, and three out of four (72%) believe it actually makes them a better driver.<\/p>\n

Ageing healthy eaters!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally no mention of white van man would be complete without a visit to the burger van — or should that be the kitchen? Nissan found that just 15% of van drivers claim to prefer a burger or take away when on the road, while a whopping 32% take a packed lunch, and 8% like a bit of fruit whilst on the road.<\/p>\n

However, the survey found that 39% of those questioned were over 45, suggesting that companies aren’t recruiting many young drivers — something which could cause a driver shortage further down the line.<\/p>\n

*250 van drivers were questioned.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to Nissan, 48% of van drivers travel less than 100 miles a day, meaning that they could be potential buyers for the company’s forthcoming eNV200 electric van.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1668,492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322"}],"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=4322"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4325,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322\/revisions\/4325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}