Design and Development of a 7.5 tonne battery powered electric delivery vehicle for the European market

本申请旨在评估一个项目的商业可行性，该项目将推出下一代7.5吨电池供电的电动送货汽车，在英国和欧洲销售。我们坚信，Modec的5.5T GVW对许多客户来说是一个障碍，7.5T对这些客户来说将是一个更具商业吸引力的提议，这一点得到了Modec客户反馈的支持。项目目标营销研究将评估此类车辆在欧洲的市场规模，专注于运营背靠背送货车辆的城市客户，他们将成为这款7.5吨电动汽车的主要目标区域。还将对这一市场领域当前车辆的定价进行研究。LEC2将寻求与英国或欧洲的批量制造商建立战略合作伙伴关系，以便从零部件的规模经济中受益，或可能使用现有的内燃机(ICE)平台，以期将其转换为电动推进。我们相信，团队从生产Modec的经验中学到的教训，以及我们对欧洲型式批准要求的了解，将让我们在任何竞争中占据优势，并有能力最快地将车辆推向市场。引入这种车辆的主要好处是帮助“清理”市中心地区，在那里，这种尺寸的车辆排放的二氧化碳特别严重。据估计，每辆车每年可节省12吨二氧化碳，这将为帮助各国政府实现减排目标做出重大贡献。我们还相信，将有激励措施来清理政府强加的车队(努力实现其排放目标)。

This application is to assess the commercial viability of a project that will see the introductionof a next generation 7.5 Tonne battery powered electric delivery vehicle for sale in the U.K.and Europe.We have a strong belief, backed up by Modec customer feedback that the 5.5T GVW of theModec was a hindrance for many customers and that 7.5T would be a more commerciallyattractive proposition for these customers.Project objectivesThe Marketing study will assess the size of the market in Europe for this type of vehicle,concentrating on the urban customers who operate back-to-base delivery vehicles who will bea prime target area for this 7.5T electric powered vehicle.A study of current pricing for vehicles in this market sector will also be performed.LEC2 will look to form a strategic partnership with a U.K. or European volume manufacturerin order to benefit from economies of scale for components or to possibly use an existingInternal Combustion Engine (ICE) platform with a view to converting it to electric propulsion.The “lessons learned” that the team have from the experience of producing the Modec, andour knowledge of European Type Approval requirements will, we believe, give us the edgeover any competition and the ability to get the vehicle to market quickest.The main benefit of introducing this kind of vehicle is to help “clean up” inner city areaswhere CO2 emissions are particularly heavy from vehicles of this size. It is estimated that asaving of 12Tonnes of CO2 per annum per vehicle can be achieved which will make asignificant contribution to helping governments to achieve their targets for reduction inemissions.We also believe that there will be incentives to clean up vehicle fleets imposed bygovernments (striving to meet their emissions targets).