Royal Mail starts to go green with fleet of cute Postman Pat style vans

mrk · 23 Aug 2017 at 14:07

How could you be mad at the postie for being late when (s)he rocks up in one of these things?

Nine commercial trucks of varying sizes with ranges of up to 100 miles will start operating out of Royal Mail's central London depot from today, carrying parcels and post to other parts of the city and surrounding areas.

Full article here: https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/23/royal-mail-arrival-electric-vans/

Would this then be the first UK company to start roiling out a fleet of all electric vehicles and begin the update process for all branches?

I dream of the day I can walk to work and not be disturbed by loud vans every 30 seconds :cool:

[TW]Fox · 23 Aug 2017 at 14:15

mrk said:
Would this then be the first UK company to start roiling out a fleet of all electric vehicles

No, that'd be basically every Dairy firm in 1972?

Hotwired · 23 Aug 2017 at 14:15

Appears to be ripping off coach design.

No mirrors?

cheesyboy · 23 Aug 2017 at 14:18

OMG Cute!

reminds me of big-head mode from Tekken

GhostWKD · 23 Aug 2017 at 14:19

Trying to imagine them with dents and scrapes down the sides for authenticity

Look more iRobot in white

www.charge.auto

mrk · 23 Aug 2017 at 14:26

Hah yeah!

I also notice Arrival say:

Modular design means a single person can build one of our trucks in four hours and allows any part to be changed in 15 minutes.

That's gotta be a big selling point surely.

Nasher · 23 Aug 2017 at 15:46

Looks like it might fall over on a tight turn. Like those old Bedford rascals

But why did they get Peugeot to make them :/

Cleisthenes · 23 Aug 2017 at 15:51

Actually laughed out loud when I saw that

TallPaul1878 · 23 Aug 2017 at 15:53

I'd drive one of those to work

Jamesyboyjim · 23 Aug 2017 at 16:25

Nasher said:
Looks like it might fall over on a tight turn. Like those old Bedford rascals

Always wanted a Bedford Rascal. In Bedford Blue of course!

Six6siX · 23 Aug 2017 at 16:41

At least the colour is right!

Clarkey · 23 Aug 2017 at 16:48

It looks enormous, how large actually is it compared with the Combo vans they use now?

chroniclard · 23 Aug 2017 at 17:07

Looks epic.

ShiWarrior · 23 Aug 2017 at 17:09

please tell me thats a photoshop image

peterwalkley · 23 Aug 2017 at 17:18

Hotwired said:
Appears to be ripping off coach design.

No mirrors?

... or doorhandles ?

Going electric has to be sensible though. The constant stop-start for a typical postie run is about the worst thing you can do to a petrol or a diesel engine.

I'm not sure how a brick on wheels can be cute, but that does somehow manage it.

ttaskmaster · 23 Aug 2017 at 18:00

mrk said:
How could you be mad at the postie for being late when (s)he rocks up in one of these things?

Because they will not be rocking up with the requisite black and white cat.... That's how. It just simply isn't done!!!!

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Aug 2017 at 18:07

Modular design means a single person can build one of our trucks in four hours and allows any part to be changed in 15 minutes.

Our partners.

Royal Mail are currently trialling our fully electric commercial vehicles from their Mount Pleasant depot in central London, UK.

The vehicles will be used to transport packages between mail and distribution centres in the city and surrounding area.

The co-branded red Royal Mail electric trucks are the first to be produced at our new factory in Banbury.

mrk · 23 Aug 2017 at 18:07

I can see a place for a cat to sit on that dash area nicely, though.

NewGamer11 · 23 Aug 2017 at 18:17

Looks kinda nice. Needz some rimz, slammed and stance though

Jonnycoupe · 23 Aug 2017 at 18:20

Doesn't look right without a satin pink paint job.