Great video, thanks. As you say - still way too expensive. I think auto makers fear that when customers finally do get an EV they will hold on to them much longer, and the service requirements will represent a substantial loss in profits to dealers, hence the over-inflated prices. Compare the complexity and development cost of any diesel or petrol engine and all its associated 'gubbins' with a simple electric motor, and these prices do not make sense. They are trying to establish an excessive base price of entry to offset losses further down the line. Any idea when you will get your hands on the forthcoming Ford Transit Custom EV, hopefully it will arrive with a more realistic cost. Personally I would love to own the larger Transit E, and having test driven one, it is fantastic. But at the moment I would need a second career as a first division soccer player to live that dream....
Yes the price is high but I felt you could have described the running costs, which is the most important to commercial users. Cost of ownership is lower in EV's maybe that could be crossed referenced against its Petrol/Diesel counterpart
That is a fair point but the truth is, knowing the costs as I do this is more than it’s Diesel currently… I will do a dedicated cost of ownership comparison soon to help people know who can and can’t benefit currently. Fact remains… it is expensive, comparatively to EV’s in general
Best we got on test was 160 miles summer and 130 winter on the 75KW battery mixed roads and running it down to 5% battery. If you stuck it straight on the A1 at 70mph with no regen would be even less. They do drive really nice and decent payload but not great for longer drives and have a good think about residual values as they are no where as good as everyone thought.
RV is an important consideration. Today they are a little tricky but I think over time these will come back a bit as more people realise the value of and understand EV’s better
Range is very much driving style dependent. I am coming up to having done 10000 miles on my base spec 22 model year version which I got with 4500 miles on the clock after it had had a year being a demonstrater. I am averaging just under 3.1 miles per kW so a good 180+ miles for the full battery. I don't drive it fast though it's basically 60 max on the motorway. Most I have done is 205 miles using 97% of the battery all on slower roads. The second hand market is getting some reasonable vans now you can see examples under 30 000 now so there is at least an option there now if your not into getting new.
£60 odd grand ..really how many one man sparkys can afford this Absolutely stupid until the pricing matches the equivalent diesel ..then its not an option coupled with av130 mile range Definitely not
Great review Paul, really like the look of the van with the bodykit yeah price is high but this particular Stellantis Van has been the market leader in terms of range in its sector for a while. will be interesting when Mercedes release the 100KWH version of the Vito panel van.
I like it, way too expensive especially as I'm not vat registered!!!
I think you are exactly right. Feels like too much money to me!
I believe that bodykit is done by the guys in South Wales who make the MSRT Ford Custom.
That’s interesting, and makes a lot of sense. If you can give the look and feel of the Transit Custom that will certainly win over some fans
Great video, thanks. As you say - still way too expensive. I think auto makers fear that when customers finally do get an EV they will hold on to them much longer, and the service requirements will represent a substantial loss in profits to dealers, hence the over-inflated prices. Compare the complexity and development cost of any diesel or petrol engine and all its associated 'gubbins' with a simple electric motor, and these prices do not make sense. They are trying to establish an excessive base price of entry to offset losses further down the line.
Any idea when you will get your hands on the forthcoming Ford Transit Custom EV, hopefully it will arrive with a more realistic cost. Personally I would love to own the larger Transit E, and having test driven one, it is fantastic. But at the moment I would need a second career as a first division soccer player to live that dream....
Yes the price is high but I felt you could have described the running costs, which is the most important to commercial users.
Cost of ownership is lower in EV's maybe that could be crossed referenced against its Petrol/Diesel counterpart
That is a fair point but the truth is, knowing the costs as I do this is more than it’s Diesel currently… I will do a dedicated cost of ownership comparison soon to help people know who can and can’t benefit currently. Fact remains… it is expensive, comparatively to EV’s in general
@@electricvanman I agree, it's almost like they dont want to sell it at all
Best we got on test was 160 miles summer and 130 winter on the 75KW battery mixed roads and running it down to 5% battery. If you stuck it straight on the A1 at 70mph with no regen would be even less. They do drive really nice and decent payload but not great for longer drives and have a good think about residual values as they are no where as good as everyone thought.
RV is an important consideration. Today they are a little tricky but I think over time these will come back a bit as more people realise the value of and understand EV’s better
Range is very much driving style dependent. I am coming up to having done 10000 miles on my base spec 22 model year version which I got with 4500 miles on the clock after it had had a year being a demonstrater. I am averaging just under 3.1 miles per kW so a good 180+ miles for the full battery. I don't drive it fast though it's basically 60 max on the motorway. Most I have done is 205 miles using 97% of the battery all on slower roads.
The second hand market is getting some reasonable vans now you can see examples under 30 000 now so there is at least an option there now if your not into getting new.
£60 odd grand ..really how many one man sparkys can afford this
Absolutely stupid until the pricing matches the equivalent diesel ..then its not an option coupled with av130 mile range
Definitely not
The pricing will change over time and the mileage can get topped up over night so May suit for many
Great review Paul, really like the look of the van with the bodykit yeah price is high but this particular Stellantis Van has been the market leader in terms of range in its sector for a while. will be interesting when Mercedes release the 100KWH version of the Vito panel van.
Agreed. The passenger version is already out and the Sprinter follows soon … the next buggy of course is the Transit Custom EV 👍⚡️