WEVC eCV1 electric van makes global debut at the commercial vehicle show

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• Game-changing 3.5t electric light commercial vehicle revealed at the NEC in Birmingham
• Features WEVC's innovative, highly flexible architecture, which enables cost effective production of mission-specific electric light commercial vehicles below 5,000 units per annum
• Architecture is optimised to minimise weight, delivering class leading payload and reduced energy consumption for lower running costs
• Ergonomic cabin focused on a central driving position, always allowing easy kerbside exit for driver safety and one, two or three seat configurations
• Unique offering supports surging demand for bespoke e-commercial vehicles, allowing fleet operators and specialist vehicle converters to make the transition quickly and cost-effectively
• Prototype #wattecv1 chassis cab debuted at the CV Show, held from April 18-20, with body conversion from first development partner, ETRUX
  

18^thApril 2023: Watt Electric Vehicle Company (WEVC), a pioneer in the design, engineering, and manufacture of low-to-medium volume EVs, both under its own brand and for third parties, today reveals its game-changing light electric #van at the #commercialvehicleshow.

Designed for production of up to 5000 vehicles per annum, the innovative and highly flexible vehicle, codenamed #wattecv1, enables a wide range of electric commercial vehicle designs, facilitating mission-specific models which meet customers' particular fleet requirements.

Following the signing of an MoU between #wevc and electric commercial vehicle specialist, ETRUX, earlier this year, an engineering prototype is on display at the NEC, based on the WATT eCV1
3.5-tonne cab and chassis unit, complete with an ETRUX designed and built body. The next step is for WEVC's electric vehicle platform technology will be adapted by ETRUX into a range of offerings for the commercial vehicle market.

The first of multiple commercial vehicle offerings to come from #wevc, the eCV1 uses the company's breakthrough, proprietary PACES architecture, a sophisticated yet cost-effective modular electric vehicle platform. Developed to support commercial vehicle manufacturers, specialist vehicle converters and fleet operators in the transition to an electric future, PACES complies with ISO regulations and exceeds stringent European Small Series Type Approval safety standards. 

It's 'cell-to-chassis' system means batteries are integrated to the primary structure (rather than having a separate battery pack), optimising stiffness, minimising weight, and maximising payload. As a result, the clean sheet design means the eCV1 has none of the structural, weight and packaging compromises inherent in most electric LCV designs, many of which having been converted from ICE drivetrains and which are further constrained by traditional high volume manufacturing processes.

The eCV1 features a central driving position which allows a safer kerbside exit for the operator, whichever side of the road the vehicle is driving or parked on. The cabin can be configured as a
one-, two- or three-seater vehicle, with the large glass house providing superb visibility making the vehicle safer to drive and easier to manoeuvre and park.

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