he company that revived the famous Connaught marque and the team behind the Type-D hybrid sports coupe - a car designed from the outset to leave a very low carbon footprint which will commence series production later this year in South Wales - has developed a unique, retro-fit diesel hybrid technology, HYBRID+, designed to deliver significant fuel savings and an equivalent percentage reduction in CO2 emissions, for light commercial vehicles up to 3.5tonnes gross vehicle weight (GVW)
The first customer to take advantage of this important environmental retro-fit technology is TESCO.COM. The company is currently equipping
seven Ford Transits, within their home delivery fleet with the system, and will run them in a trial over the next six months. Following the success of this initial trial it is anticipated that the balance of the company’s Ford fleet will be progressively fitted with the Connaught HYBRID+ technology. Connaught, in partnership with TESCO.COM, has developed a bespoke system particularly suited to the home delivery drive cycle and have achieved 15% fuel economy improvements in laboratory test conditions.
Other leading companies fitting the unique technology and announced at the CV show include major engineering and construction group Balfour Beatty, German energy supplier E.on, the ROK Group (the nation’s local builder) and timber and builders merchant Ridgeons. LloydTSBautolease (who will be exhibiting the first front wheel drive installation on their stand) are enabling fleet providers to include the HYBRID+ as part of their leasing package. The Connaught Engineering HYBRID+