The delivery van of the future is smart, much smarter!

The light commercial vehicle, or delivery van, is the workhorse of both companies and the self-employed in the economy. And with good reason: it is a multifunctional and flexible mode of transport and compared to (smaller) trucks and cars it is also cheap to buy and use. Moreover, a ‘lighter’ drivers license B is sufficient to drive a light commercial vehicle (LCV).

Light goods vehicles (LGVs) or vans are defined as commercial vehicles of no more than 3.5 tonnes and HGVs as commercial vehicles more than 3.5 tonnes. About 80 percent of city logistics is done with LCV’s and cities around have seen major growth in light goods vehicles in recent years. LGVs were the last to transition to the Euro 6 standard. The impact of LGVs on air pollution and congestion in cities is significant.

Use of LGVs: very diverse

In total 35% to 50% of all vans are used for goods logistics. Over half of all vans are deployed in the construction and trade sectors, although a large proportion of these do not fall within the area of goods logistics, but are used for servicing work that…