Smith Electric Vehicles (SEV) is investing £15m in a factory in the USA, with a view to producing its range of battery-powered vans in North America.
Darren Kell, CEO of SEV, says: "Despite only launching our Edison and Newton vehicles earlier this year in Europe, we are already receiving an average of 25 enquiries per week from major fleet operators in the USA."
The company says the vehicles will be US-specific, which indicates that the Ford Transit will no longer be the donor vehicle
for the 3.5-tonne Edison. However MT has learned that the larger Newton (pictured) is likely to continue to be based on the Avia.
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