Octopus Energy joins Royal Mail and DPD in trialing LEVC’s prototype electric van

Energy retailer Octopus is the latest company to trial LEVC’s VN5 electric van prototype. Joining similar tie-ins with Royal Mail and DPD, Octopus Energy engineers will use the vehicles to install the same electric chargers the vans use, which LEVC described as the “first-ever circular real-world trial”. LEVC also said that due to similarities between the VN5 and TX taxi models, it was deploying a fleet of prototype converted TXs with a full interior van conversion, to enable trials ahead […]