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Range-Busting Electric Van Targets Parcel Firms to Plumbers
- China-owned black cab-maker to start selling model in October
- Yet-to-be named auto is aimed at 600,000-vehicle market
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The maker of Britain’s iconic black cabs is building a plug-in hybrid van that can travel for 377 miles without recharging or filling up, in a bid to win over long-distance delivery firms and other companies that rely on purely gasoline vehicles.
London Electric Vehicle Co. is targeting high-mileage fleets at firms such as Royal Mail Plc and utilities BT Group Plc and Octopus Energy, Chief Executive Officer Joerg Hofmann said Wednesday. The model is also aimed at people such as plumbers and florists who might make a dozen back-to-back trips a day.