Are LDV due to go global?
It is being reported that the Birmingham based van company LDV are looking into expanding into the European market (even after recently going into administration). Unlike many other manufacturers, LDV are about to increase the levels of production for their ‘Maxus’ vehicle range, which will hopefully be towards the end of 2008. This, according to LDV’s operating chief executive. This increase is due to the fact that the ‘Maxus’ range has become one of the more popular models among buyers as it now has a wider range including panel used vans, chassis cabs, crew vans and even minibuses. There is now even an alternative fuelled Maxis vehicle, which has a battery powered engine. This is also expected to increase demand and is just one of the companies’ many improvements / additions that have been made to the production line. Others include: improved designs, features and systems. The van itself will be distributed around Europe once testing is complete. From what we can gather though it will have a recharging time of only four hours and a top speed of around fifty miles per hour. Given the costs of fuel nowadays it is no wonder van manufacturers are looking at alternative fuelled engines as in my opinion, they will be quickly snapped up.