Harrods goes electric with Nissan

The e-NV200 covers a range of up to 106 miles on a single charge. According to Nissan, this will enable it to make around 50 deliveries per week covering an average of around 150 miles, meaning Harrods will only need to charge it once a week. Nissan also claims the running costs could be as low as 2p per mile.

Harrods first adopted EVs for deliveries in the early 20^th century. In 1919, the department store used solid-tyred American Walker electric vans, later building its own fleet of 60 electric vehicles. The rise of the petrol engine eventually squeezed them out, but the new e-NV200 marks the return of the EV to the fleet.

“Harrods was one of the first companies in the UK to develop an all-electric commercial fleet, introducing our first electric vehicle over 100 years ago,” said Guy Cheston, media sales director at Harrods. “Electric technology has developed rapidly since our old fleet was in operation, and is now a far more sustainable transport solution.”