{"id":6691,"date":"2014-09-25T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=6691"},"modified":"2014-09-25T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T15:14:09","slug":"university-of-birmingham-takes-delivery-of-nissan-e-nv200-electric-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/6691","title":{"rendered":"University of Birmingham takes delivery of Nissan e-NV200 electric van"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UniversityThe University of Birmingham \u2013 one of the first fleet operators in the UK to place an order for the trailblazing Nissan e-NV200 all-electric van \u2013 has taken delivery of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

The e-NV200 Acenta is now in service as a postal vehicle delivering mail across the world-renowned university\u2019s impressive and historic Edgbaston campus.<\/p>\n

The revolutionary model \u2013 which can cover 106-miles on a single charge and costs just two pence per mile to run \u2013 joins a 98-strong fleet believed to be one of the most sustainable in the country.<\/p>\n

Offering true zero-emissions mobility it will contribute to the university\u2019s strict carbon management plan and help it qualify for additional funding from the Higher Education Funding Council.<\/p>\n

Monica Guise, University of Birmingham\u2019s Post, Portering and Transport Manager, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had been eagerly awaiting the launch of the e-NV200\u00a0 for about two years and so we were delighted to be the first to place an order and one of the first to take delivery.<\/p>\n

We began trialling electric vehicles six years ago and it\u2019s fair to say we\u2019ve had good and bad experiences in that time.<\/p>\n

But we were really excited by the arrival of the e-NV200 for a long time as we knew as it had been built from the ground-up to function as a van should. We\u2019ve been really impressed by its performance, versatility and handling.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As I’ve\u00a0suggested before, one of the\u00a0ways to encourage organisations to take-up new technology is to make sure it pays — and this is clearly a motivator for the University, as Monica\u00a0Guise explains:<\/p>\n

The van will only cover about 4,000 miles per year, doing 25-35 miles per day, so we only need to charge it a couple of times a week. But in terms of the emissions, the e-NV200 will help us deliver on our environmental commitments and will play a big role us meeting the carbon targets that trigger additional central funding.<\/p>\n

Anything we can do to reduce the CO2<\/sub> emissions from within our fleet directly impacts on our funding from government. That\u2019s one of the reasons we\u2019re aiming to have 40% of our fleet fully electric by 2020.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interestingly, the van is not being purchased direct from Nissan but is\u00a0being leased through Lex Autolease,\u00a0which is a significant step into the mainstream for electric vans, in my view, as Ms Guise explains:<\/p>\n

“All of a sudden we\u2019re in the position where fleet managers don\u2019t have to manage the financial risk that comes with new technology – that\u2019s a massive shift.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Based on the Nissan NV200 \u2013 International Van of the Year 2010 \u2013 and utilising the proven technology of the record breaking Nissan LEAF, the new e-NV200 offers a class-leading 4.2m3<\/sup> capacity and 703kg payload\u00a0 and is priced from \u00a313,393 in panel van form (incorporating PiVG).<\/p>\n

In addition to low running costs and emissions, users will also benefit from low maintenance costs that make for unrivalled total cost of ownership – \u00a31,200 lower than a conventional diesel van over four years \u2013 and an unbeatable proposition for businesses large and small.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Birmingham was the first organisation to order a Nissan e-NV200 electric van and has now taken delivery of one of the UK’s first production models — so far with great results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1872,1668,492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6691"}],"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=6691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6693,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6691\/revisions\/6693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}