V184 wrote:i believe there raising the limit from 3.5 to 3.9t with electric so no stupid 5 hours training
Unfortunately, you have to do 5 hours training to drive an alternatively fueled van over 3.5 tonne but below 4.25 tonne on a B car licence.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-licence-requirements-for-alternatively-fuelled-vehiclesIf you have an older licence with C1 on, no need to do the 5 hour course or CPC as long as driving is under 30% of your time and mainly used to carry tools and materials.
However, as time goes on there are fewer and fewer people with C1 on their licence.
No operator licence or tacho (if used within 100km of your base).
I was going to order one electric van, but have 10 other drivers. As it happens, most of these are old enough to have C1 on their licence.
But the others would have to do the 5 hour training course, just in case they borrow the electric van. My wife doesn't have C1, so would have to do the course just in case she borrows it.
Anyway, the 56 mph limit killed it for me. I didn't bother confirming the limiter with Ford, but it's black and white in the regulations so sure it will have one.