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Smith Vehicles on Display at Copenhagen Climate Conference

Battery-powered vans and trucks from Smith Electric Vehicles will be on display at the world's major climate change conference this weekend.

Smith is exhibiting both its Edison electric van and Newton electric truck in Copenhagen, as part of the COP15 Climate Conference.

A Smith Edison and a Smith Newton, the world's largest road-going electric truck, will take part in a special low emission vehicle showcase and parade in Copenhagen city centre on Sunday. A second Edison van will be on display at the main entrance to the Bright Green fair in Copenhagen on Saturday and Sunday (DEC 12 and 13). Bright Green is held in conjunction with the COP15 Climate Conference.

Among the Smith vehicles is the world's first fully electric van-mounted aerial work platform. Van-mounted aerial lifts are widely used in the utility sector, to safely lift up workers for maintenance work at height.

The vehicle utilises the Smith Edison electric van chassis, with a lift mechanism from Danish company Time. It is the first van in Europe where both the lifting mechanism and the vehicle are electrically powered, with both running off Edison's 40kwh lithium-ion battery pack. The van has a 100 mile (160km) range on a full charge, which is impacted by around 10% when the lift is operated.

Kevin Harkin, Sales Director for Smith Electric Vehicles, said: "Van and truck-mounted lifts are ideal electric vehicles.

"They are largely used by utility companies and municipal authorities and typically service a small geographic area, so the range of 160km is more than sufficient.

"And because they often operate in urban areas, a zero emission vehicle with a near-silent motor is a big advantage."

The first two electric van-mounts will be delivered to utility companies in the UK after the Copenhagen show.

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