The Green Insurer’s van policies will cover all classes of van insurance – social and commuting, business use (carriage of own goods) and haulage (delivering goods) suitable for couriers and delivery drivers. It will aim to help cut costs for van drivers by negotiating special deals with insurers and drivers will also benefit from rewards for environmentally friendly driving worth up to £20 a year through its Leaves reward scheme.
With a bit more wiggle room taking some pressure off fleet managers, the market switch to EVs is still inevitable and it’s good for businesses to consider how and when they’re going to make the transition. Here, Plug Me, Part of the Calisen Group, a smart energy provider and enabler, takes a look at the considerations, benefits of EVs for businesses, and the timings and steps to take.
Link Group operates a number of award-winning social enterprise companies serving over 10,000 customers across 26 Scottish local authorities - making it one of the largest social landlords in Scotland. Given the diversity of its businesses and the varying work requirements, Link Group now has a total of 584 drivers across its various activities, 393 of whom use their own vehicles on company business, the so-called ‘grey fleet,’ with the remainder operating approximately 165 company-owned vans.
More fleets went green last month than in any other new numberplate month to date, with new battery electric vans (BEVs) continuing to rise, up 14.7% to 2,906 units. It means the very greenest vans represented 5.5% of the whole LCV market, but up only slightly from 5.3% in March last year. With manufacturers now mandated to achieve increasingly ambitious proportions of zero emission sales,
Like the Multivan and the ID. Buzz, the new Transporter will be launched with a digital cockpit landscape as standard. The load compartment also offers major advantages over the Transporter 6.1, which is now being replaced. The new basic normal-wheelbase version's load compartment is 61 mm longer, while the width between the wheel arches has even been increased by as much as 148 mm.
An FCA review has found evidence that suggests some firms are offering their customers less than their written-off or stolen vehicle is worth and, in some cases, are only increasing that offer when a customer complains.
It's aimed at operators who work relatively small local areas and who can charge at a central base. With a range of 180 or so miles it’s a very appealing prospect for last mile deliveries as well as commercial vehicle customers looking to future-proof their business operations and transition to zero emission motoring.
Licence Check launched DAVIS Coaching, which is delivered by a dedicated driver app, late last year within its award-winning DAVIS (Driver and Vehicle Information Solution) platform. Since then company drivers have answered over 100,000 questions via the app with a 66.33% success rate, and there has been an average of over 500 unique app launches per week.
The fixed-price Service Plan is now available from £17.60 per month (including VAT), or £422.40 (including VAT) for a vehicle’s next two services. It is valid on vehicles aged from one to 15 years old and includes one interim service, one full service and one pollen filter change over two years of ownership.
New ë-Berlingo and New ë-SpaceTourer are now open for orders, with first customer deliveries expected in April. Both models display the brand’s new design identity and logo, with a redesigned exterior design and an updated interior, while retaining the trademark practicality and comfort
Beyond environmental sustainability, companies can benefit from many advantages by electrifying their fleet, such as cheaper refuelling costs, a reduction in the tax burden when purchasing EVs, greater energy efficiency, greater freedom of movement in low-emission areas, the availability of public subsidies or an improvement in the company's reputation by committing to a new mobility model.
The line-up is offered with a simple choice of trims designed to make things straightforward for customers. On the New Combo and New Vivaro, two generously equipped specification levels – Prime and Pro – are available from launch, ensuring that the differences between individual variants are easy to understand.
Sharing the Quartermaster’s 3,227mm wheelbase – 305mm longer than the Grenadier Station Wagon – the Chassis Cab features an exposed ladder frame behind the passenger cabin, giving customers and aftermarket vehicle converters a wide range of body-building options that are enhanced by the 3,500kg towing capability.
Magee has more than 17 years within the auction remarketing industry having worked previously for Manheim as a field base Group Auctioneer for seven years and prior to that as an Account Executive at BCA. At Manheim he was responsible for servicing and hosting the auctions from the rostrums physically, to post pandemic digital auctions, and then the return to physical sales across the UK network.
Eight of the ten most popular vans in the UK in 2023 were deemed too long to squeeze into a parking space. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter was the vehicle with outsized parking bays the most, there were 14,715 vehicle registrations for this van last year. Width wasn’t as much of an issue - with nine of ten models managing to squeeze both sides of their van into the spot. It’s bad news for Ford Transit owners, though, as their size means not being able to squeeze into parking spaces in the UK, with over 500mm difference.
