{"id":141114,"date":"2023-12-07T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/from-july-truck-license-required-for-heavy-duty-electric-vans\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:57:00","slug":"from-july-truck-license-required-for-heavy-duty-electric-vans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/from-july-truck-license-required-for-heavy-duty-electric-vans\/","title":{"rendered":"From July truck license required for heavy-duty electric vans"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>End of tolerance policy<\/h2>\n<p>Although large electric commercial vehicles do not fall under the category of &#8220;trucks,&#8221; they often weigh as much as a small truck due to a large battery pack. Yet until now, a B license was sufficient to drive such a heavy electric van, as long as the weight did not exceed 4,250 kilograms. But that will come to an end. Starting in July, vehicles weighing more than 3,500 pounds &#8211; which applies to most large electric buses &#8211; will require a truck license to drive them.  <\/p>\n<h2>Entrepreneurs not happy<\/h2>\n<p>Many business owners will therefore have to look for truck drivers or switch to diesel buses, which are a lot lighter. Dutch entrepreneurs are unhappy with Harbers&#8217; decision. &#8220;The measure, which takes effect July 1, 2024, will have the effect of delaying sustainability. I will not be surprised if companies are forced to drive diesel vans again as a result,&#8221; said Raymond de Jong, spokesman for parties such as Transport &amp; Logistiek Nederland (TLN), RAI Vereniging, evofenedex, Koninklijke Bouwend Nederland, VNO-NCW, MKB-Nederland and Techniek Nederland.<\/p>\n<h2>Too short<\/h2>\n<p>The prosecution wants the measure to take effect July 1, 2024, but De Jong says that is too soon. &#8220;Many drivers of electric vans do not have a &#8216;big driver&#8217;s license,&#8217; and that means &#8211; in these days of major driver shortages, companies can no longer continue to drive &#8216;sustainably.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"End of tolerance policy Although large electric commercial vehicles do not fall under the category of \"trucks,\" they often weigh&hellip;","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":141102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-background-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>From July truck license required for heavy-duty electric vans - All cars news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/from-july-truck-license-required-for-heavy-duty-electric-vans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From July truck license required for heavy-duty electric vans - All cars news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"End of tolerance policy Although large electric commercial vehicles do not fall under the category of &quot;trucks,&quot; they often weigh as much as a small truck due to a large battery pack. 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