{"id":8082,"date":"2015-11-25T17:21:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T17:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=8082"},"modified":"2015-11-25T17:21:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T17:21:01","slug":"merseytravel-goes-underground-with-electric-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/8082","title":{"rendered":"Merseytravel goes underground with electric power"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s hard to imagine a more suitable place to use an emission-free electric van than in a busy tunnel.<\/p>\n

So it makes perfect sense that Merseytravel, which operates the Kingsway and Queensway tunnels under the river Mersey, has started to make the switch to electric power.<\/p>\n

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One of Merseytravel\u2019s e-NV200\u2019s in action in Liverpool\u2019s Kingsway Tunnel<\/p><\/div>\n

In addition to the two tunnels, which handle 90,000 vehicles a day, Merseytravel operates seven tunnel ventilation stations, three ferry terminals and various bus stations. The firm bought its first electric vehicle, a Nissan LEAF, last year and has recently added three Nissan e-NV200 Combis to its 40-strong maintenance fleet.<\/p>\n

The electric Combi vans will be used to transport work crews and their tools around the Merseytravel estate. The company is also backing the wider adoption of electric power in Liverpool by operating the government-funded Recharge<\/em> initiative. This aims to provide a network of charging points at key locations throughout Liverpool City and West Cheshire.<\/p>\n

So far, 30 chargers have been installed at locations including \u200bSeacombe\u00a0 Ferry Terminal, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Broad Green Hospital, and Liverpool John Lennon Airport.<\/p>\n

For further information on the Recharge network and electric vehicles – www.merseytravel.gov.uk\/recharge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liverpool transport executive Merseytravel has added 3 Nissan e-NV200 Combis to its fleet to help maintain the Mersey tunnels and related infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139],"tags":[1668,1217,492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082"}],"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=8082"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8085,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions\/8085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}