{"id":9286,"date":"2016-09-15T14:49:51","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=9286"},"modified":"2016-09-15T14:49:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:49:51","slug":"jersey-posts-e-nv200-vans-should-deliver-electric-conversion-for-islanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/9286","title":{"rendered":"Jersey Post’s e-NV200 vans should deliver electric conversion for islanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Given that\u00a0the island of Jersey is only about 12 miles long, you’d have to wonder why\u00a0local businesses\u00a0are\u00a0not\u00a0all using electric vehicles already. Range anxiety is unlikely to be a problem and the winters are mild, reducing the chances of cold weather\u00a0performance problems.<\/p>\n

It seems that\u00a0Jersey Post — at least — is getting the message. The Channel Island’s postal service recently bought 15 Nissan e-NV200 electric vans<\/a> to use for mail delivery across Jersey.<\/p>\n

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Jersey Post Nissan e-NV200 van<\/p><\/div>\n

The electric vans are the first electric vehicles to be added to the company’s\u00a0fleet of more than 100 vehicles and their purchase follows an 18-month trial.<\/p>\n

Andy Jehan, Director of Operations at Jersey Post, now seems to have the bit between his teeth. Mr Jehan sounds like an enthusiastic convert to electric vehicles:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nissan e-NV200 was the right vehicle for us on every level. The vans are going to make a very significant contribution in our ambition to lower the environmental impact of our fleet and help preserve the beauty of our island \u2013 both in terms of carbon emissions and noise \u2013 and they\u2019re also ideal for the short distance, stop\/start driving that the job involves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe value is exceptional too, our decision to switch being ultimately based on the financial projections we have made on whole life costs. If our projections prove accurate, then there\u2019s no reason why many more of our vehicles shouldn\u2019t be electric.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The addition of the advanced all-electric vans will reduce Jersey Post\u2019s carbon footprint by 35 tonnes a year. Nissan’s 100,000 miles, five-year warranty means that Jersey Post shouldn’t have any worrise about reliability issues — the vans were supplied and will be maintained by the island’s own\u00a0Nissan dealer.<\/p>\n

Nissan claims that low running costs mean that the e-NV200 will cost \u00a31,200 less to run<\/a> than a conventional diesel van over four years.\u00a0Given\u00a0the low mileage, stop-start conditions for driving on the Channel Islands, you’d have to imagine that if the e-NV200 vans are trouble free, local\u00a0sales of electric\u00a0cars and vans could rocket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jersey Post has added 15 Nissan e-NV200 electric vans to its delivery fleet. Jersey’s small size means it’s perfectly suited for electric vehicles. I suspect these will be the first of many.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139],"tags":[1668,1154,492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9286"}],"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=9286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9289,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9286\/revisions\/9289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}