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A UK auto company thinks it might have the answer to eco-friendly, affordable transit vehicles.
Charge have designed an electric truck which can be built in just four hours and produces zero emissions in the first 100 miles of its journey, with a total range of 500 miles using a dual-power mode.
The trucks – which go on sale next year – are made using ultra-lightweight materials to significantly reduce the vehicles’ weight, and this partnered with custom built hardware means the cost of operating the trucks is reduced by 50%. The company believe it is this reduced cost which means the trucks will be successful, in a market “driven by price”.
“We find trucks today totally unacceptable,” said Charge chief executive Denis Sverdlov at a London technology conference. “At Charge we are making trucks the way they should be – affordable, elegant, quiet, clean and safe.
“We are removing all the barriers to entry for electric vehicles by pricing them in line with conventional trucks, giving every fleet manager, tradesman or company, no matter how big or small, the opportunity to change the way they transport goods and make our towns and cities better places to live in.”
Charge say the ease of building the trucks means just 10 men could assemble 10,000 over just two shifts a day in a single year.
The trucks are also ready “at the push of a button” to be used as driverless vehicles pending future regulations on the technology. As such, the company is a partner with Formula E – the racing competition for electric racing cars.
In a promotional video for the company, a Charge truck is shown carrying one of the eco-friendly race vehicles.
