{"id":9547,"date":"2017-01-13T14:50:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T14:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=9547"},"modified":"2017-01-13T14:50:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T14:50:36","slug":"renault-charged-up-with-new-electric-kangoo-and-master-vans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/9547","title":{"rendered":"Renault charged up with new electric Kangoo and Master vans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renault has launched a new longer-range version of its Kangoo Van Z.E. and an all-new electric Master Z.E. at the\u00a0Brussels\u00a0Motor Show.<\/p>\n

\"Renault

By the end of 2017, Renault will offer four electric vans in its Z.E. range<\/p><\/div>\n

The new Kangoo Van Z.E. boasts a theoretical range of 168 miles, which is 50%\u00a0more than the outgoing model and — says the firm — the longest of any electric van.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the Master Z.E. (Z.E. stands for Zero Emissions) has been introduced to target urban\u00a0distribution<\/a> operations and low-mileage municipal work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both vans are available with new, faster charging technology which promises to improve the usability and appeal of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

Kangoo Van Z.E. update<\/h2>\n

The Kangoo Van Z.E. was one of the first real-world usable\u00a0LCVs to go on sale anywhere, and has been Europe’s best<\/a>–selling<\/a> electric van for the last six years.<\/p>\n

\"Renault

The Renault Kangoo Z.E. electric van<\/p><\/div>\n

The latest update features\u00a0a\u00a0new Z.E.33 33kWh battery pack and a new R60 44kW motor. Combined, these\u00a0help to increase the range of the electric Kangoo to a specified maximum of 168 miles.\u00a0Faster charging will also be possible. A new 7kW 32A charger will be available that can\u00a0fully charge the Kangoo in just six hours.<\/p>\n

The new Kangoo Van Z.E. will go on sale in Europe from the middle of 2017.<\/p>\n

New Master Z.E.<\/h2>\n

Large electric vans are thin on the ground at the moment.\u00a0So urban\u00a0operators interested in reducing their carbon footprints and avoiding the cost and hassle of running diesel vans that are essentially unsuited to such operations may be interested in the new all-electric Master.<\/p>\n

\"Renault

The Renault Master Z.E. electric van<\/p><\/div>\n

It uses a larger R75 57kW motor\u00a0but will be powered by the same Z.E.33 33kWH battery pack as the Kangoo. This inevitably reduces range somewhat, but Renault says the new Master Z.E. will be\u00a0capable of\u00a0up to 124 miles between charges. That’s pretty respectable.<\/p>\n

As with the Kangoo, a full charge from Renault’s 7kW\u00a0Wall Box charger will take six hours. I guess 13A charging will also be possible, albeit at a much slower pace.<\/p>\n

The Master Z.E. will go on sale in the European market at the end of 2017.<\/p>\n

What’s next for electric vans<\/h2>\n

It’s interesting to see how rapidly electric vehicle ranges are starting to increase. The Renault ZOE is now available with a Z.E.40 battery<\/a> that gives this small car a range in the region of 200 miles.<\/p>\n

Longer ranges were always inevitable as the technology matured — I suspect faster charging is the next logical step. I’m sure we’ll start to see this over the next couple of years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Renault has unveiled the all-new Master Z.E. electric van and a new, extended range version of the popular Kangoo Van Z.E. model. Both are set to go on sale in Europe later in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139],"tags":[2047,121],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9547"}],"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=9547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9550,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9547\/revisions\/9550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}