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Re. Concept BEV Passenger Veh
Re. Concept BEV Passenger Veh.
About this update from Tanfield Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 1674O Tanfield Group PLC 03 March 2009 \n \nMarch 3rd 2009\nThe Tanfield Group Plc\n'Tanfield', 'the Group' or 'the Company'\nGeneva Debut of Concept BEV Passenger Vehicle with Ford of Europe\n\n\n\nUnveiling of new Ford Tourneo Connect people carrier at Geneva Auto Show\n\n\nFirst Tanfield BEV concept aimed at the passenger car market\n\n\nDeveloped in collaboration with Ford Motor Company\n\n\nDemonstrates potential for technology transfer from Tanfield's commercial electric vehicles\n\n\n\nThe Tanfield Group Plc, the leading manufacturer of aerial work platforms and commercial electric vehicles, today unveils a conceptual passenger battery electric vehicle (BEV), developed in collaboration with Ford of Europe.\nThe zero emission Ford Tourneo Connect BEV Concept people carrier, unveiled at the Geneva Auto Show, has a projected range of 100 miles (160km) on a full battery charge and a top speed of 70mph (113km/h). It is Tanfield's first BEV aimed at the passenger car market and demonstrates that Tanfield's electric vehicle technology for vans and trucks could readily translate into passenger vehicles. \nDarren Kell, CEO of The Tanfield Group Plc, said: 'The pure electric new Tourneo Connect exists as a proof of concept, but it demonstrates how seamlessly our world-leading technology can integrate into passenger vehicles.\n'If the Tourneo Connect BEV Concept generates high levels of interest, we can work with Ford on production potential and develop the vehicle relatively quickly.' \nThe unique concept vehicle displayed at Geneva is driven by a 50 kilowatt permanent magnet motor, powered by 21 kilowatt-hours of lithium-ion batteries. The Ford Tourneo Connect BEV Concept adapts technology that Tanfield has developed for the Transit Connect BEV light van, which is available to order in Europe as the Smith Ampere. Tanfield has worked with Ford of Europe since 2007 and already produces a Ford Transit BEV, marketed as the Smith Edison.\nIn North America, Tanfield and Ford will launch a Transit Connect BEV van in 2010 - the first vehicle to deliver on Ford Motor Company's aggressive electrification strategy announced...