Royal Mail to trial low-emission tyres on electric delivery vans

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Delivery firm aims to improve air quality and extend range of its electric delivery vans with tyres designed to produce fewer particle emissions

Royal Mail has set its sights on driving down particle emissions from its electric vehicle fleet (EV), today announcing plans to trial greener, more efficient tyres on 15 of its battery-powered delivery...

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