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“The delivery van as we know it must be reimagined. Congested city centres and millennials’ expectations for same day delivery are demanding innovative solutions. The future of vans will see the humble urban warrior become highly tailored to specific tasks. In the city landscape, this means vehicles with a limited top speed, electrified powertrains and a smaller footprint.
Automation will change the face of the van of the future. Driver input will be reduced to monitoring tasks and manual override where required. Our understanding of quality will also shift. Whereas today it is connected to appearance and technological features, in the future it will be about endurance and reliability. Advanced technologies including ‘predictive maintenance’ and ‘remote diagnostics’ will allow operators to anticipate problems before they ever even arise.”