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Norway is well on the way to achieving its target of 100% new electric vehicle registrations by 2025 – the situation is different for vans
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- Title
- Norway likely to miss electrification target for 2025
- Published
- Feb 16 2024
- Word count
- 158 words
I'm not surprised. A large commercial van like an E-Transit has maybe 300km range. Empty, with a warm battery.
I can't even imagine how bad this number gets if you load 1-2 tons of equipment and drive through the Nordic winter...
And for commercial vans, time is money. You just can't stop to charge several times a day.
I don't know much about HEVs, but I would hope that they're viable enough to have them be a reasonable low emission vehicle for use here. Provided the batteries aren't just a minimum piece of crap to achieve an EV label.
Exactly this. I was surprised that Mercedes' 2024 eSprinter has a 113KWh useable battery that's only good for a 275 mile (442 km) range based on WLTP testing. Real-world and EPA-estimated range tends to be 20% less than WLTP estimates, and these estimates are with little or no cargo and good weather. I can see the Ford E-Transit and the Mercedes eSprinter working alright for last-mile deliveries in some medium-density areas, in good weather, but it'll miss every other opportunity and those are arguably the places we most need it (high-traffic, cold weather regions, for instance). That said, the current eSprinter is supposedly a stop-gap until 2026 tech provides much longer-range/lighter-weight batteries, among other range enhancements.