The UK’s Lunaz Applied Technologies (LAT) has revealed details of its advanced upcycled electric vehicle (UEV) ahead of nationwide roll-out of its recycling truck. These vehicles, which are based on the Mercedes-Benz Econic platform, are cleaner, cheaper and better equipped than their all-new battery electric counterparts.
Lunaz retrofits the commercial vehicles with its own electric powertrain.
Following the significant inflow of government contracts, these UEVs will be operating recycling collection routes for several councils, including a number of London boroughs.
In upcycling end-of-life Mercedes-Benz Econic recycling trucks, LAT has leveraged the same design and engineering expertise responsible for creating the Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Range Rover and Jaguar UEVs that belong to the Lunaz Design brand.
The 5,162lb ft powertrain fed by batteries offers between 275kwh and 400kwh of battery capacity for varying route lengths.
These products recently received considerable media attention after Lunaz investor David Beckham gifted his son Brooklyn Beckham a Jaguar XK140 at his recent wedding.
Like the historically significant vehicles by Lunaz Design, UEV recycling trucks will save millions of tonnes of embedded carbon from landfill.
David Lorenz, Founder, Lunaz , says: “In upcycling these end-of-life internal combustion engined commercial and industrial vehicles with our electric powertrain, LAT UEVs are cleaner, less expensive and better equipped than their all-new equivalents. In addition, they are far quieter than their ICE counterparts. These critical vehicles save thousands of tonnes of embedded carbon from landfill and represent a meaningful contribution to private businesses and governments as they strive towards carbon neutrality. Recycling trucks are just the beginning for the Mercedes-Benz Econic platform.”
He adds: “The growth of the Lunaz Group affirms the United Kingdom’s status as a leader in the development of clean-air automotive technologies. Firms like Lunaz which operate in the principles of the circular economy show that British industry can provide potent answers to the global need to transition to less impactful industrial practices.”
Lunaz was founded in 2018 and following the launch of the world’s first Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Range Rover and Jaguar sportscars secured growth capital investment in 2021 from leading institutional names including: the Barclay, Reuben and Dallal families and David Beckham.
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