{"id":1265,"date":"2019-03-28T08:16:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T08:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ace-ev.com.au\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2019-04-03T08:20:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T07:20:21","slug":"australias-first-home-made-electric-cargo-vehicle-to-be-unveiled-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ace-ev.com.au\/australias-first-home-made-electric-cargo-vehicle-to-be-unveiled-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s first home-made electric cargo vehicle to be unveiled next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1265\" class=\"elementor elementor-1265 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a142e2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a142e2a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d8e2a8\" data-id=\"1d8e2a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e7a9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9e7a9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"page-header page-header-simple\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/2019\/03\/28\/australias-first-home-made-electric-cargo-vehicle-to-be-unveiled-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt; Read full article here<\/a><\/h3><h3 class=\"entry-title\">Australia\u2019s first home-made electric cargo vehicle to be unveiled next week<\/h3><\/header><section class=\"post-media\"><figure><a class=\"image-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ACE-Cargo-1.jpg\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-csco-800 size-csco-800 wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ACE-Cargo-1-800x450.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ACE-Cargo-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ACE-Cargo-1.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ACE-Cargo-1-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ACE-Cargo-1-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ACE-Cargo-1-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ACE-Cargo-1-1120x630.jpg 1120w\" alt=\"Source: ACE-EV\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/> <\/a><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/section><div class=\"post-wrap\"><aside class=\"post-sidebar\"><div class=\"bsb-wrap bsb-default bsb-has-counts bsb-has-total-counts bsb-post-sidebar bsb-mode-php\" data-post-id=\"122171\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/2019\/03\/28\/australias-first-home-made-electric-cargo-vehicle-to-be-unveiled-next-week\/\"><div class=\"bsb-items\"><div class=\"bsb-item bsb-mail bsb-no-count\" data-id=\"mail\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/aside><div class=\"post-main\"><section class=\"content entry-content\"><p>The first all-electric vehicle assembled entirely in Australia will be officially launched next week in Sydney, bringing Australia a step closer to a home-grown electric vehicle industry to replace the fossil fuel car industry that closed a few years ago.<\/p><p>The completed delivery van is the brainchild of CEO Gregory McGarvie and will be revealed to the Australian public at the Smart Energy Expo in Sydney next Tuesday. It is the first prototype assembled here out of the Australian Clean Energy Electric Vehicle (ACE-EV) group\u2019s four planned electric vehicles.<\/p><p>Assembled by a team of local and international engineers and technicians, the vehicle took its first test drive after the Carmageddon event held by the Motor Traders Association of Queensland last week.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_122175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter lightbox-container\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122175\"><a class=\"image-popup\" href=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ace-cargo-assembled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122175\" src=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ace-cargo-assembled-800x450.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ace-cargo-assembled.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ace-cargo-assembled-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ace-cargo-assembled-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/thedriven.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ace-cargo-assembled-640x360.jpg 640w\" alt=\"(Top, L-R) Will Qiang, Kevin Bade-Johnson, Sidy Fall, Stephen Shepherd, Oliver Bench, Tristan, Greg McGarvie, Luke McGarvie and (Bottom, L-R) Marcello Ritto and Will Mikolas. Supplied.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-122175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Top, L-R) Will Qiang, Kevin Bade-Johnson, Sidy Fall, Stephen Shepherd, Oliver Bench, Tristan, Greg McGarvie, Luke McGarvie and (Bottom, L-R) Marcello Ritto and Will Mikolas. Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Evolved from an initial venture begun with fellow ACE-EV founder Will Qiang called Get Green, ACE-EV\u2019s mission is to create a \u201csmart, clever, quick, and replicable [electric vehicle] industry,\u201d says McGarvie.<\/p><p>A partnership with Dr Charles Kung, previously chief engineer for Taiwan\u2019s high speed train, and Gerhard Kurr, formerly of German Binz, makers of ambulances and hearses, fast-tracked the design of a lightweight carbon-fibre reinforced plastic monocoque that is at the core of ACE-EV vehicles.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ace-ev.com.au\/ace-cargo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3.9 metre long Cargo<\/a>, as it is known, can carry payloads of half a tonne and has the potential to lower fleet greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent and running costs by 85 per cent, according to data provided by ACE-EV.<\/p><p>Its 33kWh battery offers up to 250km on a single charge with a partial load, with a max power output of 45kW from the motor.<\/p><p>As the first of a series of vehicles planned by ACE-EV, the Cargo has a target price of $A39,995, is aimed at fleets and can be customised to suit customer needs, such as the cargo area in the back.<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&gt; Read full article here Australia\u2019s first home-made electric cargo vehicle to be unveiled next week \u00a0 The first all-electric vehicle assembled entirely in Australia will be officially launched next week in Sydney, bringing Australia a step closer to a home-grown electric vehicle industry to replace the fossil fuel car industry that closed a few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[]},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - 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