{"id":9735,"date":"2017-03-30T14:24:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T14:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=9735"},"modified":"2017-03-30T14:24:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T14:24:56","slug":"harrods-offers-electric-delivery-with-nissan-e-nv200-vans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/9735","title":{"rendered":"Harrods offers electric delivery with Nissan e-NV200 vans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harrods has made history by adding an electric van to its fleet —\u00a0100 years after the iconic London department store’s\u00a0first electric vans hit the road.<\/p>\n

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Harrods’ Nissan e-NV200 electric van alongside its historic American Walker electric van<\/p><\/div>\n

The new van is — of course<\/a> — a Nissan e-NV200. But it’s incredible to realise that back in 1919,\u00a0Harrods\u00a0delivery drivers were motoring around London in American Walker electric vans. The company then went on to\u00a0build its own fleet of 60 electric vehicles to deliver\u00a0to London customers.<\/p>\n

It was only when the petrol engine became\u00a0increasingly popular that Harrods dropped electric power and switched to the internal combustion engine.<\/p>\n

Guy Cheston, Media Sales Director at Harrods said:<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s wonderful to see an electric Harrods van on the roads of London again. As one of Britain\u2019s largest established department stores, we are committed to reducing our carbon emissions and mitigating our environmental footprint. As part of our carbon and energy management policy, we have identified transportation as a key area where we can make a real impact.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Harrods Nissan e-NV200 — a single van so far — has been wrapped in the store’s\u00a0unmistakable green and gold livery and fitted out inside with shelving units and refrigeration to enable it to deliver\u00a0fresh groceries in perfect condition.<\/p>\n

According to Nissan, the e-NV200 can cover up to 106 miles on a single charge, meaning that it may only need to be charged once a week by Harrods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Harrods has taken delivery of a Nissan e-NV200 electric van for London grocery deliveries, 100 years after the department store started operating its first electric vans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[139],"tags":[2047,2065,492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735"}],"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=9735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9737,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9735\/revisions\/9737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}