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Powered Light Vehicles (PLVs), or L-Category vehicles, are a group of two-, three- and four-wheel vehicles categorised into seven groups by power output, number of wheels and maximum weight. A lightweight and cost-effective way for organisations to reduce their carbon footprint, zero emission PLVs offer zero emission transport for service use and cargo delivery services. Find out if Powered Light Vehicles are suitable to your organisation.

eCargo bikes have a vital role to play in distributing supplies and parcels sustainably to their final delivery addresses, referred to as the ‘last mile’.

Energy Saving Trust’s case studies show how organisations have been using ecargo bikes for sustainable deliveries:

• UK Electric Bike Centre
• Friends of St Nicholas Fields: sustainable waste collection
• Santis Global: kickstarting their sustainability journey with ecargo bikes
• Positively Putney
• FM Conway: ecargo bikes
• IanDecor’s ecargo bike: switching a diesel van for an ecargo bike
• Priority Express: carbon neutral deliveries
• Emmanuel Caribbean Takeaway: delivering Caribbean and Jamaican food by ecargo bike
• Zedify ecargo bikes: clean and efficient delivery
• Bright Gin: part of the Brighton ecargo bike accelerator programme
• The Cycling Sparks: switch to more sustainable options
• Box Bike Delivery: delivering parcels across Stevenage
• Cycling Coach Services: using ecargo bikes to teach cycling and orienteering across Dorset
• Mid Sussex Electrical Ltd: the UK’s first electrical contractor to adopt an ecargo bike
• Sies Petcare: delivering sustainable transport in animal care
• Ecofleet: clean bikes for deliveries in London
• Peloton Liverpool: delivering sustainability across Liverpool
• Ride Clean: delivering clean bikes for clean travel
• Mid Sussex electrical Ltd: UK’s first electrical contractor to adopt an ecargo bike
• Cycling Coach Services: Using ecargo bikes to teach cycling across Dorset

• Read Zemo Partnership’s Clean Vehicle Retrofit Technology guide
• Read Zemo Partnership’s Renewable Fuels guide

• Read the International Transport Forum report on Decarbonising Europe’s Trucks: How to Minimise Cost Uncertainty.
• Read Zemo Partnership’s report on the impact of diesel-powered auxiliary transport refrigeration units on transport-related greenhouse gas emissions and air quality.
• Read Zemo Partnership’s report on the key findings of the Low Emission Freight & Logistics Trial (LEFT).
• Download the GLEC Framework.
• The Smart Freight Procurement Guidelines help buyers of freight services make zero-emissions freight an integrated part of their procurement.
• The Low Emission Fuels and Vehicles for Road Freight is an introductory guide to support the transition to zero emissions, written with support from the Global Logistics Emissions Council.

Energy Saving Trust offers free and expert advice to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who are looking to transition cars and vans to electric.

Take advantage of various advice pages, tools and informative videos to help start your fleets transition to electric.

• SME support finder tool: find out what support there is in your local area to decarbonise your fleet
• Learn more about the basics of electric vehicles
• Get access to an informative video series with real business case studies and expert advice
• Learn more about how green electric vehicles (EVs) are compared to diesel and petrol vehicles and learn everything you need to about EV batteries

Find out more on the electric car and van advice for SMEs page.