Micromobility manufacturer Electric Assisted Vehicles (EAV) has introduced its new Lightweight Inner-City Solution (LINCS), designed to provide urban light commercial van capabilities.
The Oxfordshire-based company intends to link its e-Cargo 2Cubed and RoRo solutions with LINCS for zero-emission deliveries.
EAV developed LINCS in association with Saietta Group, which have created in-hub electric motors that power the lightweight skateboard-style platform. LINCS will contain enclosed Li-ion batteries and become the basis of the new modular vehicle.
Adam Barmby, CEO of EAV, said: “The operational requirements for LINCS are complex but required a simple solution. We wanted to produce a multipurpose light commercial vehicle as a logistics platform to transform the way we move people and goods around our urban environment.
“LINCS, in its logistics role, acts as a fully dynamic ‘hub-and-spoke’ mobile depot vehicle, delivering EAVRoRo boxes to EAV eCargo fleets in various different dynamic optimised locations such as forecourts or car parks. This significantly reduces stem distances and increases operational efficiency within the last mile. LINCS will also be able to operate as a simple covered urban van or open pick-up or drop side.”
Additionally, the platform has been built to be future-proof for fully autonomous operations, which will be developed in conjunction with EAV’s technology partners.
Nigel Gordon-Stewart, executive chairman at EAV, added: “We developed and launched the EAV2Cubed and its predecessor the EAVan as the foundation of a complete urban Future Transport vision conceived from a blank sheet of paper.
“In a new, environment and resource conservation-focused world, legacy automotive design and engineering solutions simply don’t work. They’re too heavy, too big and, from a resource and environmental point of view, are just wasteful.
“LINCS is the next step in our programme which sees a complete replacement of legacy urban road transport with new, sustainable, zero-emissions, environmentally-friendly, safe – but extremely efficient – solutions for cargo and passengers.”
