ARGUMENTS in favour of exempting some key commercial vehicles from internal combustion engine (ICE) production deadlines are growing, FleetCheck believes.
Peter Golding, managing director at the fleet management software specialist said that difficulties remained around the electrification of a relatively low number of vehicles used in specialised roles.
“There are a number of vehicle roles that are not easily electrified in terms of fulfilling basic requirements. Examples include ambulances and off-roaders used by power companies in the event of outages.
“If you have an ambulance with a range of 100 miles and a recharge time running into several hours, then its utility in a crisis is severely compromised.
“These difficulties are compounded in more remote areas where charging infrastructure is likely to be slower.
“Even if the deadlines on these essential use vehicles was set back just five years, industry knowledge about EVs would be so much higher and the infrastructure in a more advanced state of development,” said Peter Golding.
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