Low emission broadband installations: Sky adds 151 smart plug-in hybrid vans to engineering fleet

Cecilia Keating
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Ford to supply 151 plug-in hybrid engineering vans to Sky following successful 12-month trial of prototype featuring geo-fencing technology that switches to electric mode in low emission areas

Sky has ordered 151 plug-in hybrid vans from Ford in a move designed to reduce emissions from its fleet of engineering vehicles in the near-term, as it awaits the commercialisation of fully-electric, zero...

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