http://truckingnews.us/test-drive-chanje-electric-cargo-van/ Test Drive: Chanje Electric Cargo Van January 17th, 2018 Vitaliy Dadalyan Jim Park
[image http://www.automotive-fleet.com/fc_images/articles/m-chanje-electric-van-1.jpg The Chanje V8070 boasts a 580-cubic-foot cargo space on a 26-foot-long chassis that will haul up to 6,000 pounds of payload – and happens to be electrically powered. Photos: Jim Park ] With my electric-vehicle driving experience limited to electric golf carts on one end of the spectrum and the Class 8 Transpower at the other extreme, I was wide open to a brand-new experience with the Chanje electric van. I have driven comparable-sized delivery vans before, such as Mercedes’ Sprinter and Ford’s Transit, both diesel- and gasoline-powered. I had some baseline upon which to base my evaluation, but the electric powertrain was new territory. Chanje’s V8070 is billed as a Class 6 truck, with a gross vehicle weight of 16,535 pounds, capable of a 6,000-pound payload in a 580-cubic-foot cargo space. It’s positioned as a last-mile delivery truck, intended for service in cities and urban areas where daily mileage usually doesn’t exceed 60-80 miles. The Chanje has an advertised range of 100 miles, half loaded on a full battery charge. On paper, it’s well spec’d and well positioned to serve the burgeoning package delivery market, or any other application where distance isn’t a limiting factor in the choice of powertrain. It takes about eight hours for a full charge, but partial charges will restore much of the battery’s capacity in just a fraction of that time. The company claims a diesel-gallon-equivalent “energy economy” of 50 mpg, with a 70% reduction in energy costs compared to diesel. Chanje says the van was designed from the ground up as a battery-powered electric vehicle, so the basic structure of the vehicle was conceived to accommodate the battery pack, the motors and the rest of the electrics that run the thing. Under the hood, however, is a traditional engine tunnel, which suggests that in some previous incarnation the … [© 2018 Trucking News] ... http://www.automotive-fleet.com/channel/van/article/story/2018/01/test-drive-chanje-electric-cargo-van.aspx Test Drive: Chanje Electric Cargo Van With my electric-vehicle driving experience limited to electric golf carts on one end of the spectrum and the Class 8 Transpower at the other extreme, I was wide … http://www.automotive-fleet.com/fc_images/articles/m-chanje-electric-van-1.jpg + https://electrek.co/2018/02/02/tesla-semi-electric-truck-customers-megacharger-charging-station/ Tesla is in talks with electric truck customers to install ‘Megacharger’ stations, report says Feb. 2nd 2018 ... Musk claims could add “400 miles of range to a Tesla Semi in 30 minutes.” ... some of its biggest Tesla Semi reservation holders to add Megacharging stations at their facilities ... https://electrek.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/screen-shot-2017-11-16-at-23-40-05-pm-e1511493681134.jpg?quality=82&w=1500#038;strip=all&w=1600 (Lutz turns Chinese) https://carbuzz.com/news/bob-lutz-to-develop-all-electric-pickup-truck-with-help-from-china Bob Lutz To Develop All-Electric Pickup Truck With Help From China 20180205 The former General Motors executive is also the Chairman of VIA Motors, a company that buys and sells extended-range electric and all-electric powertrains for commercial vehicles ranging from light-duty trucks to semis. If electric cars are going to have any mass market success in America, it's inevitable that all-electric ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
