Voltia delivery vans can take up to twice as many parcels as Nissan e-NV200.
Chronopost, the French express shipping and delivery service (part of La Poste), is going zero- and low-emission in Paris.
The company recently ordered 400 all-electric Voltia delivery vans (Nissan e-NV200 with an enlarged body), which is one of the biggest orders for the e-NV200 ever.
“Since mid-September, Chronopost has been delivering the entire city of Paris in low emission, electric or Natural Gas Vehicles.”
“In practice, it represents 25,000 parcels daily in 230 delivery routes. The fleet of the express carrier is composed of 190 electric vehicles (Nissan with bodywork by the equipment supplier Voltia, cargo bikes and trolleys) and 40 NGV vehicles. The implementation of this initiative reduces 87% of CO2 emissions, i.e. 560 tonnes of CO2 avoided (99% of fine particles).”
Voltia specs (see details here):
Most of those EVs will enter service by the end of this year, while next year Chronopost will continue the switch in other cities:
“The delivery of the entire city of Paris is only a first step for Chronopost. By the end of 2019, 300 new low emission vehicles will be rolled out throughout the country. They will be complemented by a second wave of more than 200 new vehicles by July 2020, spread across 11 major cities: Strasbourg, Lille, Rouen, Nantes, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Lyon, Marseille and Nice and the outlying Parisian suburbs. The clearly stated objective is to deliver most of the French territory in the long term in a carbon neutral vehicle.”
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Source: avere-france.org
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