European electric LCV 2018 passed quite successfully

The leader of European market of light commercial electric vehicles (LCEV) became the Renault Kangoo Z. E.

The year 2018 was noted on the European market a very successful development of the segment PEV (electric vehicles (BEV) + rechargeable hybrids (PHEV)), which increased to 386,4 million (+48% BEV) and (+20% PHEV).

For category, LCEV, i.e. light commercial electric vehicles in the year 2018 was also positive: sales of commercial electric vehicles has increased by 40 percent to about 22,000 units, which led to a record share of 1.0% of the LCV market, and the winner of 2018 was the model of the Renault Kangoo Z. E., whose sales reached a record nearly 8,500 units (which exceeded the projected sales of 7.5 thousand.), which is two times more than last year, which was made possible thanks to the appearance of the version with rechargeable battery with a capacity of 33 kW•h. the Second in the ranking is the German StreetScooter (+18% to 4800 units) held on this position in 2017, and the third on the podium was the Nissan e-NV200 with 3300 units.

Electroforged Renault Kangoo Z. E. is popular with the postal service the whole of Western Europe, but especially at home

All-electric delivery vans Renault Kangoo Z. E. are available in the market with the beginning of 2011 and went since then, more than 35 000 units of the Original sale was relatively high and amounted to 6,000 electric vehicles in the year, but with time has fallen to 4000 unit. and finally, rose again. Interestingly, the greatest number of Renault Kangoo Z. E. was bought by the French mail – about 7,000 units, which amounted to about 20% from all released electric vans by Renault. The popular "electric Motor" and in postal services in other European countries. So, in Norway local post office bought about 300 elektroorgana in Spain 2016 67 used machines, Slovenia mail acquired 17 elektroorgana.

Younger brother – electroorganic Renault Twizy Z. E. Cargo found itself in delivering "last mile"

An electric Renault Kangoo van Z. E. on the Russian market – moreover, today it is the only officially certified in our country the model of this type. However, the demand is meager – for the whole of 2018 only 5 units. (+25% by 2017). The experiment of "Mail of Russia" in 2012 year showed real savings LCEV fuel in the amount of 80 thousand rubles per year vs a car with DVS, but a 3-fold (at the then exchange rate) the price difference of elektroorgana with petrol and diesel counterparts led to a huge (16-year) the payback period for which the contract for the hire of 12 machines was terminated. So that the Russian corporate fleets for the development of commercial electric vehicles does not help.

The prosperity of a small German company StreetScooter from the city of Aachen, which emerged in 2010, contributed to a powerful Federal Agency Deutsche Post AG, which in 2014 simply bought this manufacturer, specializing in manufacture of light commercial electric vehicles (as well as Express e-bikes and e-trikes) series Work (capacity 0.6–0.9 t depending on the type of add-ons).

A series of commercial electric vehicles StreetScooter Work / Work L got in 2018 more powerful battery 40 kWh

2016 Deutsche Post has launched a program replace all of its 30-strong fleet of vehicles with internal combustion engines to electric vehicles for which the annual firm capacities StreetScooter was expanded to 2000 units per year with the prospect of further fast growth. Battery capacity elektroorgana Work and long Work L increased in 2018 from 20.4 kWh to 40 kWh, which increased the power reserve (for NEDC) from 101 to 205 km.

The undeniable advantage of elektroorgana StreetScooter is the possibility of a smooth check-in pedestrian zones, parks, warehouses and, in General, all places where the entry of conventional LCV ordered with DVS   

In the fall of 2018, the model range replenished quite solid 1,28-ton vans StreetScooter Work XL to chassis, LCV Ford Otosan Transit) with battery at 76 kWh and a power reserve of up to 200 km. The amount of production of the Work XL to 3,500 units per year. In the future the company StreetScooter will begin to work on third party customers, and yet virtually all manufactured products absorbs his employer Deutsche Post. 

Electrofuge and electrovan Nissan e-NV200 2014 year is collected at the plant of Renault-Nissan Alliance in Barcelona.

A two-fold increase in the capacity of a battery would certainly support the sale of elektroorgana Nissan e-NV20, but still not given the opportunity to go above 3rd place in the European market LCEV 

 For electroforged installed power plant from the passenger LEAF electric car the first generation, and at the end of 2017 battery capacity of 24 kWh was replaced by a more powerful 40 kW·h, what, naturally, also increased its reserve from 170 to 280 km (NEDC).

Further growth of the fleet of electric vehicles in Europe, local "green" and sympathizers associated not with the Russian pipeline gas from Gazprom, and with the further development of renewable energy generation (windmills, solar panels)

          Prospects to 2019
There is no doubt that increasing interest of the inhabitants and governments of Europe (primarily Western) to electric vehicles will increase demand for LCEV that also improve its performance and primarily on the battery, the capacity of which grows after the automobile models BEV. Considering that, for example, Norway in 2025 intends to abandon the new cars with LDC, i.e. to ban the sale of diesel and petrol vehicles, as Sweden intends to do the same to 2030 (in this case it was only the 10th time the European country, announced such a ban on vehicles on non – renewable fuel) - the prospects LCEV wide, because they will not just increase its share in the LCV market, but to replace the entire fleet of countries such as well as partially and countries are more cautious, hence the increase of production (if  the immutability of the intentions of European governments) will go the explosive. So what about the refusal of Russian gas pipeline to talk to the Europeans, not yet.      

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