Modec, a Coventry based electric van company, announced yesterday that they had won a contract with a French van distributor for £3m. This news was released after they also announced that their battery powered urban delivery van is the first van to gain the EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval. This means that the van can be sold outside of Britain to any EU country without having to be put through more testing.

The electric van manufacturer has benefitted from business from Tesco's, UPS, FedEx and Center Parcs just to name a few. Now they can add ElecTruckCity to their list of clients who have payed £3m for 100 new vans.

ElecTruckCity will now be the first French van distributor to stock Modec vans. Bill Gillespie, chief executive of Modec, said this about the deal: “International demand for Modec is extremely strong. ElecTruckCity has taken the first step by setting up a distribution network in France and we are very excited about the future of the French market."

The vans that were bought by ElecTruckCity were the popular urban delivery vans. There are currently over 150 of Modec's vehicles around the streets of our cities, owned by clients such as UPS. The reason why these vans are so popular is because they are design for city use. Using a lithium battery, the vans can travels 100 miles and they cost only 15p per mile, compared to a petrol powered van which costs 37p per mile.

The vans also save more than 9 tonnes of CO2 each year, this helps companies like FedEx and UPS reduce their emmissions considerably, aswell as improve their corporate image.

As these Modec vans become ever more popular, it appears that the common vans that you see around like Citroen vans or Nissan vans will have alot of competition as more and more companies want to get greener.

Modec are also entering into the tipper van market with their new electric tipper van. This new commercial tipper van has been designed for local authority bin collection. With more and more councils trying to be greener, this new vans are likely to become very popular.

I also wouldn't be surprised if we started to see an increase in van leasing companies that are investing in Modec vans as alot of companies that are currently leasing their vans may be interested in a cheaper, more greener alternative.

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