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Personally I can live with electric car in UK but electric VANs will be much bigger trouble because they are heavy and can't hold that much cargo. There is a lot of restrictions in law and infrastructure that limits usage of vehicles to under 3.5t

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Renault Master Z.E. is either 3.1t or 3.5t and comes in a bunch of configurations: https://www.renault.co.uk/electric-vehicles/master-ze/specif...

>The real life estimates of 75 miles in Summer and 50 miles in Winter also give an insight of how powerful these batteries are, reducing your need to be constantly charging your vehicle and allowing you to enjoy the ride!

Isn't that pretty shit?

Lousy compared to a van with a full tank of petrol. On the other hand, https://www.quora.com/How-many-miles-per-day-does-a-FedEx-or...

>Originally Answered: how many miles per day does a FedEx or UPS driver drive on average? That answer varies from hub to hub, route to route. In my hub, there are several routes that average maybe 5 miles a day total, whereas the route I run averages 75-80 miles a day.

That is, well..., rather bad. I imagine if this trend prevails in the future, we will see your plumber asking you if he can charge his transporter and deducting their charging cost from your invoice.

Li-ion battery capacity has tripled in a decade[1]. If that continues at the same pace (big if of course) then by 2030 the same van could have 150-225 miles of range.

[1] https://cleantechnica.com/2020/02/19/bloombergnef-lithium-io...

And have only 50-75 miles range, I assume that's under load. Average DHL courier in my country does between 60 and 200 miles daily.

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