Mercedes eVito Tourer L3 Electric Van - A fast EV that makes sense...well nearly ! *ONE TAKE*
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- Whilst I was up at Criterium Cycles Paul borrowed an electric van for me to try. The latest move in his quest to convert me to Van Life !
Thanks to Western Commercials I got to try the new Mercedes eVito Tourer, in the L3 long wheelbase spec. Equipped with a 100kw battery pack the eVito will so over 220 miles on a charge and can do rapid charging. It is easily the fastest van I have ever driven and would make an interesting option for either and active family that wanted more range and practicality than many electric SUVs, or a business wanting to improve the green credentials.
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Thanks for the video. I picked up our Peugeot e-expert 75kw battery back in mid August, already clocked up 5k in it. Using it in the building trade carrying full set of carpenters tools, will carry a 8x4 sheet had 100 bricks with all tools in it and couldn't feel a thing. Very fast off the lights in sports mode leaves cars trailing. Does 170miles on a charge loaded up but average around 100 miles per day. Top up each night on my 5p tariff so just over £ 2 per hundred miles. Will rapid charge at 100kwh 0 to 80 % in half hour but no need for this as I leave with a full tank each morning. My previous van was around £ 80 per week in diesel, this van a tenner. The diesel version was about £ 180 per month cheaper to by ( ev £ 280 per month ) but it pays for itself due to such cheap running costs. Gone full electric now with Tesla as family car 😀
kWh ;)
Good info there thx. I find the same with my electric car loading it up does not make much difference to range it's mainly about the speed you drive at. Drag is the efficiency killer.
Well done sounds like a great setup.
This was great, knocked it out of the park again with a completely different and interesting video.
Evening all!! Hope everyone is doing well?
Hi Francois hope your doing well! I’m doing pretty good!
@@coltoncleveringa8004 I’m well thanks for asking.
All good thanks François. How are you?
@@paulcoles3265 I’m well thanks.
I’m looking into electrical vans at the moment, unfortunately my grandmother will have to be in a wheelchair to transport from now on. So was looking into vans/minibus options. It’s something I was looking into because even the “normal” minibus with lifts are pricey, but if city centres become ULEZ then a ev minibus with lift or ramp access is the key.
I love this review, because of your surprise!
Vans are becoming more interesting👍
It would be great if they introduced V2L on vans so you can charge tools, use plugged accessories such a lights, kettle and a fridge. We have leased an Ioniq 5 so we can use electricity to keep our food hot on our food stall. There are so many advantages to V2L and now eVans ( no pun intended to many welsh people) are coming out, the options keep getting better :)
Always love your reactions when things surprise you! Proper pokey, love it!
Totally unexpected spur of the moment review. Very interesting as well. The company we work for has one of the biggest fleets and have just ordered 4000 small EV vans to replace ageing diesel vans.
I had a 2006 Mercedes Viano converted to wheelchair access for 5 years. It was an excellent long distance grand tourer. And I took it to my friends in Switzerland towing a caravan on several occasions. It doesn’t surprise me that you found the eVito so comfortable. Great vans!
I used to work for a Mercedes backed F1 team, so have driven lots of Vito`s they are a great drive... I once had an Airport pick up for some VIP`s.. Michael Douglas, His Beautiful wife Catherine Zeta, and Team Co Owner Mansor Ojay.... Imagine the insurance value of that Car!!!!!! :-0
Hey Pete . I think you're a Great Guy too 😂😂 Wicked Video
Absolutely love driving a van it's great fun can't wait to try an electric one
Wow, fantastic video. All electric vans have got the be the way to go for some businesses. Particularly those operating inside central London or any City. As we spoke about last time, vans are so comfortable to drive and what a drive for a van... Top vid Pedro.
Thanks for the video. Great 'van'. I really wanted to get this before I bought my Vito Crew van DIESEL... AGAIN! Unfortunately if you are a tradesman and want to also claim the VAT, forget it. The Tourer is registered as a car and you can't claim VAT! So, with the price of min. 42K+VAT (registered, and used a bit as demo) against the diesel 27K+VAT(where 5K of vat I could claim back), I had no choice but to take the diesel one... Overall it would be TWICE more expensive then the diesel one! I still regret I didn't go for other brand which offers a choice of typical vans with more than just ply interior - crew van (5,6 seater)with bigger battery. Hope next time when I have to change they will be a bit cheaper and more choice in MB 'real vans' .
Interesting 👍
You should be able to claim vat back on a vito tourer and v class some s class cars are even vat qualifying
Very interesting but my wife has vetoed all vans lol. Good video and fun to watch you both review a van lol
Despite being a committed petrolhead and regularly criticising electric cars for a multitude of reasons, I am starting to look at small BEVs for my next car because it would better suit my lifestyle.
Mr Ped, Ant & Dec had better look out, they could have some competition with you both?
Well Pedro, now you've started testing Vans...especially Electric Vans please carry on going these reviews.
My wife and I are both disabled but now she's in need or the use of a Scooter...Medium size but with large wheels because where we live the roads are gravel! However, we need something to carry one so which comes first, the Van or the scooter???
Your reviews being both very honest and thoughtful would be very good to watch albeit apart from the push bike lovers 😉
David, from memory, there's a company around Glasgow somewhere that does disabled van conversions (ramps etc). I bellevue they also used to convert small vans to electric. Given that there's now electric vans available from the factory, my guess is that there'd be something available for you, via motability
Be a great base for a campervan - no need for gas just use the battery to cook and heat the van. Plus no more drilling holes in the floor for gas vents obviously with a battery across the floor.
Done London to Midlands in e expert van did 176 on a charge
Makes you think, doesn't it? As an SUV-hater I would seriously consider it. Nice co-presenter you got there too!
Edinburgh looks well in Oct Nov
This vid is a work of art.Possibly a Van Go.I guess MB keep the cost of the commercials down by making them in Spain.Makes sense if you want one vehicle for work & leisure with the leasing way to go.
Evening all…
I’m sure I read somewhere that the range of the Electric VW Transporter is only about 80miles; the Mercedes makes much more sense from a business / range perspective
Mercedes web site says WLTP is 81 - 102 miles. So assume that the real world range is -20% and the need to keep some miles in reserve and you are down to possibly 60 miles. Not enough for our fleet who average 1,000 miles per week
@@davidwilson4468 Not sure where the 200mile range came from then…
There is no electric VW Transporter from VW themselves. It's a third party converted vehicle.
@@Simon-dm8zv ...which is only avilable to buy from VW!
I enjoyed watching the Video Review. Different to any other Electric Vehicle you have Video Reviewed
Evo Sir, Merc have come very long way recently. The Tractor units too, if you recall, I was helping them that day I met you at Donington park. 👍👍
Good day from Oz.
Looks like Petrol Ped will become electric van man
Does anyone know if the bigger fast charging battery that's in this tourer is coming to the eVito panel Van?
Brilliant another good video great content ive gone all out bought corsa e and love it
Right just a thought ! the 3.5 ton regs were brought in when 60s 70s im not sure ?? we now have better tyres, better brakes , better suspension and ABS etc etc if they (the gov) changed the regs so we could drive heavier vehicles with larger batteries equaling longer range would that not be even more enviromenttaly friendly or am i barking up the wrong tree ? we seem to be trying to fit the vehicles around old regs
???????? just food for thought
Great review
Love this off the cuff review!!
Even for personnel use, I do wonder if an electric van is better than an electric SUV or electric car. I suppose it does depend on whether you are regularly taking heavy loads in the vehicle that you are using for personnel use. For commercial use, I think many electric vans and for that matter electric lorries need to be able to travel longer distance, than many are currently able to do. Until that happens, an ideal solution would be a commercial vehicle that on motorways could use diesel power, but be able to be adding charge to the batteries, such that when delivering around cities they could be using electric power. The problem with that though, is having the space within a commercial vehicle to provide both, but still keeping the vehicle at a price that businesses can afford. Amazon, have gone in some areas where feasible to electric vans. However, they still use diesel juggernauts between their distribution sites, which unfortunately are mostly nowhere near any of the UK railway lines.
Love theses van videos Pete more please
The idea is good but imagine living in a flat with no designated parking space, charging might be an issue 🤷♂️
Probably the hardest use case to answer would be say a self employed courier with no allocated off street parking but there are plenty of on street charging options coming like ubitricity that install chargers in lamp posts.
Super idea for fleet use however… our company has issued us with e vivaro s the claimed range is 200 miles from a 75kwh battery in reality loaded up roof bars on 120miles tops about the doors 110 miles on the motorway tops taking it easy as it’s just a massive brick. A long journey recently 354 miles from just north of Edinburgh to Coventry for me 6.5 hours took me 9.5 hours with all the stops for a charge etc it was a long Arduous day I think unfortunately we are not quite there in terms of technology! Bring back my ‘dirty ‘ diesel I say 😲😂
Thanks for the test guys. It could be fast but, empty right? You should test it with at least 500kg and see how it moves and the km you get out of it.
Also Mercedes Benz is horrible with the dash design oh god compare to other brands pls. It's old and ignition on the left haha ha and still a key? Imagine you are a delivery guy and you have to enter/exit your vehicle 30x a day and you have to put the key in on the freeking left side! Why? Why? One of the reasons I will not buy this car. The dash is so old :(.... I think there is new vito coming in 2023 but why iths taking so long I'm not sure... oh they still want to sell this rubish van.
Electric camper van here I come
I’ll stick with my MS-RT due in March thanks.
Looks like the tourer has the best range! the sprinter and Vito vans only have around 90 miles :( As for me I have a 319 cdi (thats 3.0L V6 auto 190 bhp to you Pete) will take a lot to change me out of that.
Nice van,looks pretty nippy too.Range would be ok if you could charge during the drivers lunch break.
Cork has Electric Post vans ;-) pretty cool.
Will that predicted range last if the vehicle is full of passengers and/or goods?
I've been looking at one for work I only do 30 miles a day very small area but 350 a day...
More vans on the channel Ped, it’s the way forward… You don’t see to many Van reviews around, which is a pity & there’s lots of electric options now too!
Evening all 👋
Evening Ben! How’s things?
@@francoisg3500 you going through the alphabet? 😉
@@francoisg3500 all good thanks. You well?
@@benhigginson9763 It was just that when the video dropped for me I just leave a letter and the edit it later.
@@benhigginson9763 I’m good thanks
Merc Vito's are nice to drive, but the electric version, load them up, cooler weather and push em down the Motorway, lets see how they fair !!!....
Its going to take a lot to get me into electric as my Merc C300d on a full tank takes me to Southampton and back on a tank (80mph on the cruise) with still some left, I live in the Lake District so 630 mile round trip. 😀
Keep it it up Pedro. 👍
The range is not great and there is still some work to do before these vans could be used for those long drives daily but how often do you drive that far a in a day in a year? Do you not stop for a comfort break? What's the purpose of the drive do you not stop at your destination at all?
So you drive the whole 630 miles without stopping? Of course not, this van will use the 30 minutes while you grab a coffee etc in the service stations to charge, zero inconvenience!
@@edwyncorteen1527 You know I do sometimes worry that some people do do that sort of thing because of poor employers(pee in a bottle while driving etc). Hopefully EV's could be a catalyst to stop that sort of thing and force proper breaks while driving.
@@edwyncorteen1527 I recently drove from North London to Blackheath in the West Midlands to collect a table. I grabbed a coffee from a drive through and then drove to Kent to deliver it. Another coffee from Starbucks drive through then on to Heathrow to collect a delivery before dropping it in Islington and returning home. Just over 430 miles in 8 and a half hours, including the coffee stops. Back home with 60 miles of range left
Hi Ped
10 out of 10 for another interesting and informative video.🤗 It is interesting to see how Motor Manufacturers have responded to the “Challenge”, but this has not been met by our political masters with regard to infrastructure 🤔🤔 Would be very interested in due course to have an update of real world use age for small business user, if they could afford to buy one of these vans😥 I can see where we are supposed to be heading, but I remain unconvinced that we have the right answer.
Why did they opt against putting the drive control in a more conventional position?
Hmmm….now we need an EV but only for local/town work…so rather than an i3 or similar, could a nice EV van be a useful hidden surprise?? I will have to research.
If your not doing massive distances then it's a bit of a no brainer.
Hmmmmmmm....... Not sure to be honest, I'm yet to be convinced by electric vehicles.... I was certainly surprised by the price though. I expected it to be a few more grand that that to be honest..!
Interesting, Pete, but have you seen the recent article in the news that said EVs are 70% more polluting because of the production process (especially batteries)? I was seriously considering the new MG ZS EV but now I'm in two minds, I need to do a lot more research.
never been a van fan but... !
whats its range when loaded up?
Is that Mercedes quicker than Moggy's VW Type 2?
Not a chance. It’s 200 horsepower down for a start 😜😂
@@PetrolPed Thanks... Guess nothing can beat stuff that "manic" machine.
Hello mate
Good day to you, 13:00 Nov 8, 21
I find my transit custom more comfortable than my car higher up better visibility and just as luxurus.and no back ache when i Finnish long journeys .
Must be £50K
Sick to death of the promoting of "stronger regen". Well, its good if you want to be lazy driver, but its not more economical than lower regen or coasting.
Lots of schoolboy errors too. like refering to battery capacity in kW instead of kWh, saying motorway driving halves real range ( claiming a 100kWh battery does less than 100 miles) etc.
Regan has nothing to do with being a 'lazy driver', it's simply using the laws of physics to charge battery and is also good at reducing brake pad wear. I agree referring to battery capacity as kW on not kWh was lazy but every body watching the video will know what it mean so a little pedantic and the range comment was tongue in cheek humour not statement of fact. If this video makes you 'sick to death' I suggest you chill a little and don't take the world so seriously ;-)
not at £51000.00 I wouldn’t
The Ford Transit is a lot better. But then I am a Ford man. 🏁🇦🇺
How much is she. Bet she’s 42k ish. as a guess
51k 😬 they do say in the video
@@danielgreen4213 yes watched it. Missed it though.
Bib won't be buying an EV any time soon.....
Whilst it's a good idea, I'm self employed, I have a t5 transporter.... I can do over 600 miles before spending 10 minutes in a garage refuelling...... the same trip in that would take 3hrs longer thanks to charge time......assuming I could find fast chargers in the right place, and vacant ones.....
You do 600 miles at a time with no stops?