By Michael Smith (Veshengro)
On the 2nd of November 2011 the Landesinitiative Brennstoffzelle & Elektromobilität is holding the sixth Lower Saxony Forum for Fuelcells and Electomobility in Hanover.
Göttingen, Germany: According to estimates by the National Platform Electromobility (Nationalen Plattform Elektromobilität (NPE)) of the German Federal Government will electric vehicles initially establish themselves in the real of the fleet vehicles.
Especially urban delivery and courier services could profit and benefit greatly from the benefits of the electrical motor which, compared with the combustion engine is quiet, emission-free and highly efficient even by frequent stops and starts.
I must say that in the given field I can very well see how EVs have their place but I cannot see them working as a “normal” car, especially as in family car.
With this background in mind the German company E-Cars presents their latest generation of electrically powered commercial vehicles “PLANTOS” at this years symposium of the Landesinitiative Brennstoffzelle und Elektromobilität Niedersachsen
Vor diesem Hintergrund präsentiert German E-Cars die neueste Generation elektrischer Nutzfahrzeuge „PLANTOS“ auf dem diesjährigen Fachkongress der Landesinitiative Brennstoffzelle und Elektromobilität Niedersachsen.
Last year the company showcased the “STROMOS” vehicle within the framework of the Landesinitiative at the Hanover Trade Fair, the Hannover Messe. Meanwhile this E-Auto has become one of the best known and most employed vehicles in the framework of a environmentally friendly mobility.
The micro-truck “PLANTOS” is specifically designed for the commercial traffic of the inner city and profits from a worldwide experience of German E-Cars and having seen its design on the photos it also looks good and should do the job nicely.
Germany seems to be leading, yet again, in this field as in so many others of sustainability and the environment, such as many of the small “road trains” that are in use in German cities and larger towns now with the mail and goods delivery services, drawn by EVs.
But, having said all this, in the end, I am sure, we will have to revert back to animal and human power and that too is being used in some places again.
Bicycle couriers, even in the age of email and broadband and all that, are still about and seem to be gaining in numbers and the Royal Mail has, to some extent, retained its bicycles.
Bicycle delivery services also abound in Germany and Holland and even there are quite a few around in Britain and London has its own fleets of bicycle rickshaw services also.
It is that what I think will the the image of the transportation of the future and not the electric vehicle, whether as commercial delivery truck or as car.
Now let's get those bicycles repaired and serviced...
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