LPG Vans and Hybrid Vehicles

Ashwoods Automotive has been awarded a 3-year Technology Strategy Board (TSB) funded £1.8 million Research and Development project. The high-profile consortium will be lead by Ashwoods and joined by Citroen UK, Sevcon and LifeBATT, with the purpose of developing advanced scalable hybrid and electric power train systems. Read about Ashwoods hybrid development projects here

Ashwoods has been selected as the sole supplier of over 100 hybrid vans to the Department for Transport’s Low Carbon Vehicles Procurement Programme (LCVPP), run by Cenex. These vehicles are being supplied to the largest Public Sector fleets throughout the UK, including Royal Mail, the Environment Agency, UK Border Agency and a number of large council fleets.

Official emissions testing by the Department for Transport at Mira Emissions Laboratories confirms that the Ashwoods Hybrid Transit reduces CO2 and fuel costs by over 20% on the European Drive Cycle (NEDC).Read more about our hybrid vans emissions

Ashwoods were announced yesterday as the sole supplier of hybrid vans to the Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme (LCVPP).

The LCVPP is a Department for Transport funded scheme to accelerate the take up of low carbon vans through public sector fleets throughout the UK.

The LCVPP will see Ashwoods Hybrid vans purchased by a selection of leading public sector fleets in the UK, including Royal Mail, Metropolitan Police, TFL, the Environment Agency and several Local Authorities. Cenex (Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies) will be managing the Programme with the DfT subsidising the additional cost to public sector organisations of purchasing the low carbon vehicles.

Ashwoods will be suppling hybrid vans in high volumes to the participants of the LCVPP. This will firmly establish the company as the leading supplier of hybrid vans and retro-fit hybrid systems in the UK.