Now Europe’s largest postal service may start selling those vehicles — dubbed StreetScooters — to others, showing the potential for disruption in the rapidly changing auto market.
The mail company plans to churn out 10,000 e-vans annually starting this year, which would make the StreetScooter the No. 1 electrified light commercial vehicle in Europe.
The success of the boxy, bare-bones van has upset traditional car manufacturers who are worried about the rise of the unexpected postal competitor, who they didn’t see coming.
