Urban Routes
Royal Mail
Royal Mail has a fleet of over 33,000 commercial delivery vehicles operating across the UK and has one of the largest fleets in Europe. Royal Mail vehicles travel approximately c.600 million miles (965 million kilometers) a year and use 153 million litres (40.4m US gallons) of diesel.
In order to lessen the impact that its transport and distribution operations have on the environment, Royal Mail has purchased both the Smith Edison and Newton all-electric vehicles.
The Smith electric vehicles will be deployed in London, both in parcel and post distribution operations.
The Edison and the Newton vehicles have restricted top speeds of up to 50mph and are capable of covering 130 miles (209km) on one battery charge.
