Yodel calls on low-emission Mercedes-Benz van fleet21 September 2010

More than 400 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans have taken to the road with the Yodel parcel delivery brand (formerly Home Delivery Network subsidiary Parcelpoint).

The brand was launched following the company's acquisition of the domestic B2B and B2C businesses of DHL Express (UK) earlier this year. Yodel now runs a fleet of 5,000 vans which work from eight national hubs and more than 120 service centres.

Its new Sprinters, with the all-over vinyl wrap livery applied by AstSigns of Penrith, are seen as an investment in brand recognition and going green, according to Jonathan Smith, CEO of Yodel.

All are 313CDI Medium Sprinter vans, supplied by Bolton dealer Ciceley Commercials, with support from Mercedes-Benz UK's fleet van sales team. They are powered by Euro 5 engines and, to make them even greener, most are fitted with the ECO-Start system, which automatically cuts the engine whenever a vehicle is stationary for longer than two seconds.

Brian Wheadon, Yodel's support services director, says that, for routes which involve stop-start driving through busy town and city centres, ECO-Start can produce significant reductions in fuel consumption and exhaust emissions.

"The availability of the ECO-Start system, combined with the excellent fuel efficiency of the Sprinter's low-emission Euro 5 engine, played a large part in persuading us to place this order with Mercedes-Benz," says Wheadon.

"Equally important, though, was the vehicle's proven reliability. We've been running Sprinters on the Home Delivery Network fleet for some years now and they've proven themselves to be highly dependable," he adds.

Author
Brian Tinham

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