Upcycling a black cab or bin lorry: growing industry converts old vehicles to electric
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from www.theguardian.com5 months ago
"...the 2007 black cab is different: under its bonnet is an electric battery and motor... it has the smooth and near silent acceleration of an electric motor."
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/upcycling-a-black-cab-or-bin-lorry-growing-industry-converts-old-vehicles-to-electric
"Companies such as Swytch, Electric Bike Conversions and Dillenger cater to those who want to speed up their pushbikes."
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/upcycling-a-black-cab-or-bin-lorry-growing-industry-converts-old-vehicles-to-electric
"The principle is consistent: why scrap a perfectly good vehicle when you can just add a battery and motor instead?"
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/upcycling-a-black-cab-or-bin-lorry-growing-industry-converts-old-vehicles-to-electric
"Osman Boyner of Bedeo says van fleets should make back the cost of conversion in fuel savings alone... transforming fossil-fuel vehicles into electric ones."
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/upcycling-a-black-cab-or-bin-lorry-growing-industry-converts-old-vehicles-to-electric
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