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LIGHT BRIGADE by Pau Brockington, MIMechE
BECAUSE the light van is typically a versatile animal, its selection and purchase are seldom given the attention they deserve. This lack of foresight often results in the use of a vehicle which is dearer and less efficient to run than it would be if the vehicle was matched more closely to the job in the first place.
Freedom from 0 licensing and from the need for an hgv-licensed driver perhaps encourage this lax attitude compared with the approach adopted in fleets of heavier vehicles.
A leaf could be taken out of the electric vehicle operator's book by assessing suitability against route conditions as well as studying such things as power-to-weight ratio and cost. With electrics, a technical member of the maker's staff usually makes a study of the route and the likely traffic situation before a particular model. is chosen.
In any case, purchasers of light vehicles of any type should, as a starting point, take a look at the tabulated characteristics of the machines available; which is the main purpose of the tables printed here.
While a battery-electric van is plated according to its gross rating, the taxation weight is taken without batteries; no electric is subject to 0 licensing, so the battery-electries in these tables have not been limited to the 3.5 tons gross figure chosen for internal-combustion-engined models.