Currently reading: Electric van makers go big on tech to woo cautious buyers

Extra gadgets are intended to convince diesel van buyers to make the switch – but will it work?

Heated and cooled seats, heated windscreens, adaptive cruise control… Van drivers are about to become more comfortable than owners of premium cars, as van makers focus on tackling the so-far near impossible job of converting buyers to electric power.

Unless the legislation is relaxed, van makers selling in the UK have to increase the amount of EVs they sell to 16% of their total this year, up from 10% last year. 

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