Auto Express – August 20, 2019

SpecialIssue 21

“The icecream vanjingle has

been replaced by notifications

sent out on social media”

Fume-freeicecreams INSIDE STORY

KING CONES

Nissan’s concept

features afridge,

freezerand a

soft-serve ice

cream machine,

all of which are

poweredby

recycled batteries

FABIDEA

Youwon’t see this on
your street corner
anytime soon, but
greener icecream
vans areonthe way

socialmediaviaTwitter.Ifthevanweretobeputinto

production,thiswouldletcustomersknowitsprecise

locationviaanonlinemappingservice,whichishow

somecourierservicescurrentlyoperate.

Ourstintasanicecreamvendortookplaceonthe

blusterySouthamptoncoast.Asidefromhavingtostand

outside,exposedtotheelements,servingicecreamto

waitingcustomerswasaneasytask,andonemadeall

themorepleasantwithoutthebackgroundgrumble–

orpervadingfumes–ofanancientdieselengine.

IsthewritingontheWalls?

In2012,theDepartmentforEnvironment,Food&Rural

Affairspublishedacodeofpracticeforicecreamvans.

Butratherthanlookingattheemissionsthatcomefrom

theirexhaustpipes,thissimplyruledonhowloudlyand

forhowlongtheirinstantlyrecognisablechimescould

comeoutoftheirloudspeakers.Newicecreamvanswill