Ashwoods hybrid vans are proven to reduce emissions and fuel cost by over 15% compared with the equivalent diesel variant.

This figure is even higher in urban drive cycles – equating to a significant cost and environmental saving. Unlike fully electric vehicles.

Ashwoods hybrid vans are entirely self-sufficient and never need to be plugged in for charging. How?

Because the battery never runs down. The hybrid technology enables it to charge itself during braking, and then assist the engine during acceleration, therefore increasing the range of the standard vehicle diesel tank.

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AvailabilityBack to top  

Due to high levels of demand, a limited run of 150 Ashwoods Hybrid Transits are being made available for sale during 2010. This is in addition the 100 hybrid commercial vehicles we have supplied to public sector fleets taking part in the LCVPP.

Vehicles will be sold on a first come, first serve basis and due to demand are, at this time, being limited to ten vehicles per customer. Hybrid retro-fit technology is currently in development and will be available at the end at 2010 to existing customers to allow them to convert the remainder of their fleet.

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Ashwoods Hybrid special featuresBack to top  

All Ashwoods Hybrid Vehicles are fitted with 2 devices to supply a base level of driver information as well as detailed MPG figures for Fleet Managers

Driver Display: The Ashwoods Driver Display is mounted to the vehicle dashboard and indicates to the driver when the hybrid system is charging the battery and when it is assisting the drive. The display also includes a gearshift indicator to advise the appropriate point to shift gears.

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Fuel Logger: The bespoke Fuel Logger is a device that fits neatly into the sun visor and simply requires the driver to enter litres fuelled and total mileage at each refuel. Data is sent instantly to the Ashwoods website, where customers can securely login and track MPG achieved for each vehicle.

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Ashwoods Hybrid Transit rangeBack to top  

Matching customer requirements, Ashwoods Hybrid Vans are developed from the most popular Rear Wheel Drive commercial vehicles on the market. Our current vehicle range is derived from the Ford Transit; the Ashwoods Hybrid Transit is available in all its variants, a snapshot of which is below:

Exceptional performance and full vehicle warranty Back to top  

The nature of our customers, mainly busy commercial fleet operators, led us to develop advanced hybrid technology that’s highly robust, durable and able to match the reliability and performance of the underlying vehicle. All Ashwoods Hybrid Vehicles have a 3 year /100,000 mile warranty.

In fact, drivers will notice no difference from a standard Transit other than the fact they will stop for fuel less often!

Fleet managers can benefit from this hybrid technology without making any adjustments to vehicle or business operations. There are no additional procedures that need to be introduced, such as charging, and this gives Ashwoods Hybrid Vehicles a major advantage over other technologies, where in many cases the infrastructure is still in development.

Extensive testing makes this unlikely, but even if a vehicle’s hybrid technology develops a fault, performance is uncompromised. The vehicle can immediately continue under its standard diesel engine, experiencing no downtime whatsoever, until the system fault is repaired.

Market-leading emissions and fuel usage figuresBack to top  

Testing has demonstrated that Ashwoods Hybrid Vehicles produce the lowest results in the UK for emissions and fuel usage. Because of the way our hybrid technology is fitted directly to standard vehicles, these comparative results can be very precise and easily obtained, simply by testing the vehicle before and after hybrid installation.

The most recent independent results on the European Drive Cycle (NEDC) show that Ashwoods Hybrid vehicles reduce CO2 and fuel usage by 20.1%. This testing was carried out at Mira Emissions Laboratories for the Department for Transport, and the results were the catalyst for the DfT to order 100 Ashwoods Hybrid Vehicles for the UK’s largest Public Sector Fleets.

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Of course, CO2 and fuel savings will vary dependant upon the user drive cycle. The NEDC simulates a combination of Urban and Extra Urban driving and is the recognised test for all manufacturer emissions data across Europe.

Due to the way in which Ashwoods hybrid technology operates, it may not be the right choice for vehicles that spend most of their time on the motorway. However, as the results show, it is a highly effective solution when vehicles are at their least efficient, and this is within urban environments and stop/start driving cycles.

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Would you like to find out more about the fuel efficiencies available with an Ashwoods Hybrid Transit? Call our specialist team on 0845 6410716