https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6460343/electric-landcruiser-launched/ Adelaide built electric ZED70 ute launched 3 Dec 2019, 4 p.m.
[image https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/329BAVcZBn8aqT7nnn4ZEVK/2b0d5159-765d-4460-89ca-3779d4a705a1.jpg/r21_0_829_455_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg BUILT TOUGH: The Adelaide built electric ZED70 is based on the Landcruiser platform Photo: David Karaduman ] Built in Adelaide, the ZED70 is the first electric ute engineered in Australia for use in the harsh climates found in the mining and agribusiness industries. Fully electric, the vehicle is based on the Landcruiser 79 series platform and according to manufacturer Zero Automotives, has an effective range of up to 350 kilometres. The ute is the brainchild of Zero Automotive directors Dave Mitchell and Tim Possingham, both of whom have significant experience in motorsport and original equipment manufacturing. Mr Possingham said Zero Automotive didn't plan to mass-produce the ZED70 but would rather supply commissioned vehicles that met specific industry needs. "This vehicle is a bespoke vehicle that we designed to suit the application whether it be mining, agribusiness, or local and state governmental agencies," he said. Mr Possingham said the South Australian company specifically worked with mining and energy companies to understand their vehicle fleet needs, such as zero emissions in underground mines and the elimination of diesel fuel on sites. "It's a priority for those types of clients to reduce their emissions and also clean up the environment that some of the workers are working within," he said. "Diesel particulates in particular, are hazardous for the people to breathe in, so in a confined environment, where there's very large costs involved in ventilation, removing the source of noxious fumes is it certainly something that can have a shorter payback (for the ute)." Mr Possingham said the ZED70 is already Australian design rules compliant and road legal and will sell for less than $200,000. "It's available in 20 to 120 kilowatt hour battery packs, with modular battery packs in it, and has a 700 Newton meter electric motor in it," he said. "That has more torque than the factory turbo diesel V8 that's normally found in this Landcruiser 79 series platform." Mr Possingham said advances in technology meant the cost of the vehicle would reduce over time and also allowed Zero Automotive to customise each EV for the client , such as implementing automatic speed limiting for mining sites, to add value. "Advances in battery technology, charging tech and peripheral tech, such as geo fencing, telematics and semi autonomous operation, have reached a sweet spot," he said. "A vehicle that's got low maintenance and low running costs also has total cost of ownership benefits to industry." Mr Possingham said the ZED70 is available in wagon, dual cab, single cab and troop carrier configurations and has regenerative braking, high voltage air conditioning and heating and would undergo trials over the coming months. [© farmonline.com.au] + (500e-spied) https://www.carbuyer.co.uk/news/163871/all-new-electric-fiat-500-spotted-testing All-new electric Fiat 500 spotted testing 20191217 Just like the BMW i3 and Renault ZOE, the electric Fiat 500 will offer sprightly acceleration, as all its electric power will ... https://cdn1.carbuyer.co.uk/sites/carbuyer_d7/files/2019/12/fiat_500_electric_003.jpg For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
