{"id":9557,"date":"2017-01-19T17:50:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=9557"},"modified":"2017-01-19T17:50:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:50:30","slug":"deutsche-post-dhl-will-put-2000-streetscooter-electric-vans-on-the-road-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/9557","title":{"rendered":"Deutsche Post DHL will put 2,000 StreetScooter electric vans on the road in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>StreetScooter probably isn&#8217;t a\u00a0name you&#8217;re\u00a0familiar with. But that could soon change.\u00a0This German startup was founded in 2010 to make\u00a0affordable electric vehicles for urban use. It caught the eye of Deutsche Post \u00a0DHL Group. The German postal group liked it so much, it bought the company in 2014.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9558\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9558\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/streetscooter-dp-dhl-1-sm.jpg\" alt=\"StreetScooter Work electric van\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/streetscooter-dp-dhl-1-sm.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/streetscooter-dp-dhl-1-sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/streetscooter-dp-dhl-1-sm-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/streetscooter-dp-dhl-1-sm-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The StreetScooter Work electric van in Deutsche Post DHL colours &#8212; the post and parcel firm owns StreetScooter.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a successful trial of 50 vans, the German postal group is now planning to deploy 2,000 StreetScooter electric vans into its urban delivery fleet by the end of 2017. These will be in Germany, but as StreetScooter ramps up its production capacity, surplus vehicles are expected to be available to third-party buyers.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d also guess that if the StreetScooter proves successful in Germany, Deutsche Post DHL may start to\u00a0experiment with using the vans for\u00a0DHL parcel deliveries in other major European cities.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.streetscooter.eu\/modelle\/work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the StreetScooter website<\/a>, the\u00a0<em>Work<\/em> van\u00a0has a range of 50-80km and takes 4.5 hours to charge\u00a0up to 80% capacity. A full charge takes 7 hours, but\u00a0most\u00a0urban delivery vans don&#8217;t operate for more than 14 hours a day, making a 7-hour charging period perfectly acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>The model described on StreetScooter&#8217;s website has a payload of 650kg,\u00a0and a maximum laden weight of 2,130kg, putting it on a par with popular small vans such as the Citroen Berlingo and Ford Transit Connect. Indeed, the electric version of the Citroen Berlingo uses the same GKN e-Drive\u00a0electric drivetrain as the StreetScooter.<\/p>\n<p>Deutsche Post DHL is ultimately targeting a 100% electric delivery fleet. This year&#8217;s plan to put 2,000 new StreetScooter vans into service is an important step\u00a0in the right direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German post and parcel giant Deutsche Post DHL group is planning to put 2,000 StreetScooter electric vans on the road by the end of 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139],"tags":[2047,2049],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9557"}],"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=9557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9559,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9557\/revisions\/9559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}