Not even slightly. I run one and there is no way I could make this work with ~116mi total range. All but one airport from me would require a recharge en route and thats from a completely full battery. We normally charge the cars to 80% which would mean looking for a charger at around 70-80 miles in this. Passengers simply won't tolerate that and I would be missing half the fares while still paying a driver to sit there. A range extender would make this work and it would do a LOT of electric miles. As it is this would make a great round town taxi but its not useful for longer runs.
@@TuomasLeone For shorter journeys around town or short runs it would be great. Smooth, quiet, low running costs. I really want one which can do the longer runs but it looks like that might still be a long time coming.
13:21 You have to press ‘OK’ on the steering wheel at your left thumb to skip the warning :D I once sat in a V-Class in the 2nd row captain seats and it had 360 degree cameras, infotainment, panorama roof and heated, ventilated and massaged seats. What a van!
I’m not a sucker for big cars but I’m really impressed with this EQV. This car can make some families very, very happy. OK it’s derived from a fossil car, but they did an excellent job, aaaand it’s available today. Not the usual “in 2025 we will.... blabla” that some other manufacturers are trying to sell. Good job Mercedes👍👍 For the consumption one shouldn’t forget that it heats all 3 seating rows, there are even warm air vents in the rear door.
Hey Bjørn! I was lucky to drive the new Peugeot Traveller Electric two weeks ago. That would be worth a test. I drove it 200km normal streets and 200km Autobahn. The consumption was about 33kw/100km. It was equipped with the 75kwh Battery. Outside we had about 5-6 degrees. Greetings from Germany!!
@@dorsetengineering Maybe, but here is Bjørn making tests that can show real life situations. I think that this could bring more reassuring results than driving an empty Van 😉
@@antoniocirino8444 That's right, but all roads are not flat and more weight will also increase drag on the tyres. Thus weight will bring an influence on the overall performance of the vehicle. Just imagine the difference when you are pulling a trailer 😉
2:53 want to learn more german words? It's a 'Abschlepphaken'. Let's take that word apart: 'schleppen' = to tow, 'abschleppen' = to tow away, 'Haken' = hook.
… and as that translation suggests, it is indeed supposed to be a weapon to fend off carjackers: The 'Abschlepp' means that the thieves' getaway car has to be towed. The 'Haken' is because you are expected to give them a hook to the chin.
My father bought the first one in Portugal. Very different values from yours Björn. Under 30 kWh/100 at 90 kph. Just above 30 kWh/100 at 120 kph. That cold is not helping at all. You need to try again in spring.
Since 2017 the only electric choice for a minivan was the Chrysler Pacifica PHEV. Finally somebody has released a fully electric minivan with a decent sized battery. Thank you for your honest and thorough reviews.
150 miles range is a non starter for a practical family hauler, road tripping vehicle. We just bought the new toyota sienna hybrid and so far im impressed with 36mpg avg. Now if they would release either a full EV that is efficient with at least 300 mile range or even offer the sienna in a "prime" trim level, with at least 50 mile all battery range, it would be a home run in the US.
Ideal hotel airport shuttle bus. Doesn’t need massive range, as it’ll only run 30 or 40 km in each direction every time between city centre hotel and the airport and it will spent 50% of its time parked on the hotel charger, it’ll always have 100% charge.
Björn that metal thing with the screw threads you find Is called a tow hook. If you or someone else is stuck in the snow, or off the road, you can hook up your vehicle to someone else’s and get towed out of your crash.
Hi Bjørn. I have bought the EQV a few months ago and I get around 350-400km of range on a daily basis. This is the case when it is 10-15 degrees. So temperatur makes a big difference I suppose… Thank you for the good video!
@@dcvariousvids8082 I already today have to explain why I need to spend years developing alternating current theorems every time I take a Tesla for a spin, so no worries.
@@dennisrichards2540 but with a vehicle of this size that's rather inconvenient. If the charger is on the passenger side the cable will not reach all the way around the van.
Nice van! Being aware of what I think are bias reports, I think you need to generate a list of electric vehicles with their expected driving distances where things like temperature are all normalised. One value for highway driving at 120km/h and another for town driving. I believe people would hold your results in high regard.
The metal threaded part is a tow hook to attach to the front or back bumper in case you end up in a ditch and they need to pull the car back on the road :)
Very good range for that kind of freezing weather and vehicle size. Mercedes EQV gets more range in freezing winter than a very efficient Mini Cooper SE in summer.
That thing you were looking at in the back screws in the front bumper so you can be towed, these electric cars have all the components in the bottom and slot of the time, a tower can't hook onto the frame without breaking stuff, many people dont know what it is, don't bother to look it up and throw it away. And when they need towed, something breaks because they can't hookup to anything proper, and the warranty is void
Hi Bjorn the metal thing in the boot/trunk you keep finding in the back of cars and the van is a towing eye it screws in the front of the vehicle in case you brake down and need to be towed 👍🏻
2:50 i believe it’s a screw you place in the front or rear bumper and enables to tow away another car or to be towed away. You also need a cord of course...
Bjorn tnx for test...but for any kind of commercial vehicles you must put max payload weight during the tests...No one can buy large van to drive alone in the cabin.
@@CreRay Bjorn weighed this van , the result of the measurement is 2960 kg with the driver ... You now answer me how many passengers and their luggage you can carry in it if the B drive license category in many countries of the world is limited to 3500 kg.
@@dekimp Max combined weight is 3500kg. You can do the math yourself. Interestingly, the weight quoted by Mercedes is some 300kgs lower, I don’t quite understand this.
@@AW-rb9vt first time I haven't understood a joke from Björn i think. I always think everyone that don't understand jokes are dumb. Now joke is on me 😂
That thing is a towing hitch. You can screw it in the front of the car. Usually right side there is a small plate covering a threaded hole. If you are ever stuck or without juice, this is the correct way to tow a car.
Bjorn you are Joking about The eyelet and the thread bar is also used if you accidentally get stuck in a ditch,it’s screwed into a port and a tow rope put in the eye
2:55 those are for being towed if your car doesnt move anymore (in german we call that Abschlepphacken because its a hook to be used when you get towed) (i dont know if you genuinely dont know or not, but i wanted to leave the info anyways just in case) But damn the EQV looks really good (practially not so much optically .. but optically i also cant complain)
Björn. you have got to be joking about that eylet with treads. its your towing hitch, in case you get out of charge, trying one of your crazy stunts. ;)
charge port on the bumper is a very bad idea, it's called a bumper for a reason, normally cheap to fix, but if the charge port gets damaged it will cost a fortune, no body shop will want to touch it, let alone give you guarantee after a repair
@@bjornnyland i think leaf is better, because the port is higher and a bit further back than the bumper crossbeam, seems less likely to get dinged/scraped. i understand merc didnt want to alter any metal panels of the fossil chassis, still imho it would have been best to stick the port behind the grill, just like leaf. or get creative with the rear lamps somehow, more like tesla.
1:10 Bjørn, thanks for the video review. The reason why MB doesn't modify the "B" pillar left fuel door for the BEV, is to reduce cost. Otherwise, MB would have one part with the fuel door and one without.
Yes. Yes it was. :D I laughed out loud because of that. That's sooooo old meme and yet he remembers it and refered to it. :D Badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom, mushrooom.
Comfort comes from seating position and sound isolation. When tested Audi e-tron, what I really didn't like about it, was seating position, felt like in Audi A6, expected to be like in Q7, but no, a bit disappointed. Audi Q7 has also kind of "VAN seating" comfort and this is a game changer on long trips, so will keep my ultra comfy "fossil" at least for couple of years
@@mattetjus I run a business. My ice minibus does 400+ miles in any conditions then takes 5 mins to refuel. I don't mind a wait to charge if its reasonable because I can take breaks around it but if I'm looking for a charger at 100 miles from full thats just not going to work. Also if I want to charge to 80% I would be looking for a charger at 70-80 miles. The closest airport for me is 65 miles and the usual ones are 100+. I can't see passengers being ok with me sitting charging for an hour halfway through their journey. I really want an electric minibus (or even a plug-in with a decent battery size) but the closest things so far are this (nowhere near enough range) or the Ford plug-in which does almost nothing on electric. If they made this with a range extender I could get one right now which would mean a lot of electric miles.
@@bluebikerathar As long as you only serve one airport and/or only ever do runs of less than 100 miles round trip this would be great. Take a look at most shuttle busses for sale at a few years old and pay attention to the mileage on most of them. 50-80k per year is normal and 100k per year isn't uncommon. They aren't doing that on sub 50-mile routes with a forced 2 hour stop after them.
Bjorn, good review as always. I get the temperature was cold during your test which would account for some of the range shortage. The flipside is, however, that vans will typically be tasked with carrying a lot of people and stuff which would of course stress its range. ~ 300 km's on a van, especially a premium one, is not good enough IMHO. It should safely be closer to 500 km in deal conditions and maybe down to a 350 - 400 km range in less than ideal conditions. Regardless, good start by Merc.
This is a beast of a van. Holy Cybercow. This is nice even for a EV converted version. I wish Tesla would have a better breakdown on the energy consumption.
I managed to have 32-33 kWh/100 km in my EQV while driving 100 km/h in a -16*C day with no head wind in E+ (extended range) mode. Changing to Eco added 6 kWh/100 in heating, changing to Comfort additional 6 kWh/100 km. It is possible to have 280-300 km range in winter if you preheat and keep vehicle cold inside by using E+ (almost no heating).
I have to tell you this now Bjorn. The metal tool with a hole on is to be towed with it screws into front bumper and you can be pulled along by another car. Or you put it into the back bumper and tow another car along if it has died. 😀😀😀
That "thing" you found is a so called towing eye for use in case you need to have your car towed. Just attach the tow eye to the proper connection specified in the user manual. You are one lucky guy if you never had a need for one of these.
@Bjørn Nyland When looking at your google doc spread sheet, you have made an error there. You have put this EQV in the noise test tab under Summer category but it is clearly winter while you tested this car. :) You could go and fix that.
Great test Bjorn! The range is ABISMAL (especially bearing in mind how big its battery is), however. 🚨🚨🚨 Normally you would use between 90-10% battery capacity, so you need to deduct 20% for stress-free driving.
I was very interested in the eqv to replace the v250d but the range is not enough for me. I hope if Mercedes makes a new model it will be able to have 400+ km with passengers and luggage.
the inside from the car looks so much cooler than in a tesla... i hope in a few years the model 3 or model whatever will look better... with nice ambient lighting and whatever lol
I hope that you can do a new test for this car when the temperature is more comparable the other cars you have tested. Also I would love to see a test of the new PSA Opel Zafira-e/Peugeot e-traveller/Citroen.../Toyota ... in the longest (L3?) version with 75kWh battery. Also, these cars should be tested with passengers. I have not found any range values with passengers in all the reviews I have seen online.
Nice video! I can see a lot of use-cases for this car, and it seems pretty nice inside. The 2960 kg weight with only a driver is a bit high though. Hope your passengers haven't put on too many kg's during lockdown!
"What the heck is this?" at 2:50 min. That, my dear Bjorn, is a tow-eye. You screw that in a slot in the front bumper, and then another car can hook the tow cable to this eye and tow you away.
Hey Bjørn, For comparing efficiency, would it be effective to compare "kWh/ton" I know real-world it wouldn't matter that much, as you have to drag along the weight regardless; but it might be an easy metric to indicate overall efficiency of the vehicle. P.S.: Love the content and the live-streams, keep it up dude!
How will e-proace/e-expert/e-vivaro/ e-jumpy 75kWh compare to to this Mercedes 100kWh van and Nissan Env200-e 40kWh + Maxus van? They are half the price of this Mercedes van. Finally there are some real options to choose from.
Hi, when are you going to test Opel Zafira-e Life / Peugeot e-traveller with 75Kw/h battery? I'm curious of what type of evaluation you would give to this models. I've bought one but I'm still waiting for it to arrive... sometime in March 2021.
I have a Vito at the moment, in a few years I will be moving either to the eVito or the VW ID Buzz, depending who has the better vehicle. For me, this Vito needs a redesign away from the fossil version, and also 130kWh battery.
Bjorn is more consistent than half the TH-camrs I subscribe to
@@TheSteinbitt he's my top 10
@@TheSteinbitt came to say the same as you. This is an awful comment lol
I love this humour: "Forget the model X you need one of these if you have a big family like Elon Musk"
As far as i know Elon mentioned that he was driving an Audi Q7 before the Model X and that the Audi inspired him for the Falcon Wing doors.
And that’s not even some of his best. He says some shieet that just gets me rolling.
Humor*
This is airport shuttle paradise!
Exactly what I was going to say 👍
After over a year of this shit, I'll happily hop in ANY kind of airport shuttle...
Not even slightly. I run one and there is no way I could make this work with ~116mi total range.
All but one airport from me would require a recharge en route and thats from a completely full battery. We normally charge the cars to 80% which would mean looking for a charger at around 70-80 miles in this.
Passengers simply won't tolerate that and I would be missing half the fares while still paying a driver to sit there.
A range extender would make this work and it would do a LOT of electric miles. As it is this would make a great round town taxi but its not useful for longer runs.
@@siraff4461 Ah for sure not in that case. I was thinking more for hotels close to an airport, etc.
@@TuomasLeone For shorter journeys around town or short runs it would be great. Smooth, quiet, low running costs.
I really want one which can do the longer runs but it looks like that might still be a long time coming.
I love it when Bjorn gets truly excited to test a car
7:37 😂
Looking so much forward to see your Skoda enyak review..
13:21 You have to press ‘OK’ on the steering wheel at your left thumb to skip the warning :D
I once sat in a V-Class in the 2nd row captain seats and it had 360 degree cameras, infotainment, panorama roof and heated, ventilated and massaged seats. What a van!
We had a petrol V-class a few years ago and was soooo comfy! So this must be even better!
I used to drive a Mercedes e-sprinter for work and they are lovely
Can you share more of your experience driving esprinter?
I’m not a sucker for big cars but I’m really impressed with this EQV. This car can make some families very, very happy. OK it’s derived from a fossil car, but they did an excellent job, aaaand it’s available today. Not the usual “in 2025 we will.... blabla” that some other manufacturers are trying to sell. Good job Mercedes👍👍
For the consumption one shouldn’t forget that it heats all 3 seating rows, there are even warm air vents in the rear door.
Hey Bjørn! I was lucky to drive the new Peugeot Traveller Electric two weeks ago. That would be worth a test. I drove it 200km normal streets and 200km Autobahn. The consumption was about 33kw/100km. It was equipped with the 75kwh Battery. Outside we had about 5-6 degrees. Greetings from Germany!!
Used to have the older model of this car and is great for driving , really confy!
Van owners are usually using it when it's loaded. Maybe you should make a test with the weight of 6 passengers to discover the real autonomie 🤔
With aerodynamics this thing has, I doubt very much whether adding 600kgs will make much of a difference to the range.
@@dorsetengineering Maybe, but here is Bjørn making tests that can show real life situations. I think that this could bring more reassuring results than driving an empty Van 😉
the major influence in the consumption is the aerodynamic drag.
cube of velocity
@@antoniocirino8444 That's right, but all roads are not flat and more weight will also increase drag on the tyres. Thus weight will bring an influence on the overall performance of the vehicle. Just imagine the difference when you are pulling a trailer 😉
@@emmanuelm361 but rolling resistance is related to the only velocity, not cube. like the weight
Great video! This then shows that vans will need to have at least 150kw battery and very rapid charging to fully replace fossil ones.
2:53 want to learn more german words? It's a 'Abschlepphaken'.
Let's take that word apart:
'schleppen' = to tow, 'abschleppen' = to tow away, 'Haken' = hook.
… and as that translation suggests, it is indeed supposed to be a weapon to fend off carjackers: The 'Abschlepp' means that the thieves' getaway car has to be towed. The 'Haken' is because you are expected to give them a hook to the chin.
Thank you for the test. You have been really quick.😄
"you can smuggle sh*t in here"
😂😂😂😂😂
My father bought the first one in Portugal. Very different values from yours Björn. Under 30 kWh/100 at 90 kph. Just above 30 kWh/100 at 120 kph. That cold is not helping at all. You need to try again in spring.
Woow that looks amazing!
Pfff that efficiency tho...
@@djrrmml7514 Dude it's a luxury spacious MPV driven in freezing winter, what do you expect.
@@hrrrrr2084 Some proper build ev conversion have better efficiency.
@@djrrmml7514 Name one. You can't.
@@hrrrrr2084 here you go, done 10 years ago, 3 miles per kwh or 4,8km per kwh.
th-cam.com/video/IKR8Or6Im6w/w-d-xo.html
Go be dumb somewhere else.
Since 2017 the only electric choice for a minivan was the Chrysler Pacifica PHEV. Finally somebody has released a fully electric minivan with a decent sized battery. Thank you for your honest and thorough reviews.
There’s also the Nissan evalia.
Zu teuer
150 miles range is a non starter for a practical family hauler, road tripping vehicle. We just bought the new toyota sienna hybrid and so far im impressed with 36mpg avg. Now if they would release either a full EV that is efficient with at least 300 mile range or even offer the sienna in a "prime" trim level, with at least 50 mile all battery range, it would be a home run in the US.
Nope. There’s Nissan EV 200
@@williamerazo3921 wish it was in US with about 300-350 mile range
Ideal hotel airport shuttle bus. Doesn’t need massive range, as it’ll only run 30 or 40 km in each direction every time between city centre hotel and the airport and it will spent 50% of its time parked on the hotel charger, it’ll always have 100% charge.
I was thinking the same thing. Shuttle for hotels, resorts, hospitals, or for taxi drivers.
Would be cool with a test fully packed and 6 people 😄
And a ski-box on the roof and a caravan hooked up at the back :D
@@AgentSmith911 then it will go backwards :D
Can’t wait for the banana box test!
The item at 2:53 is a tow hook. You can remove a little cover from the front and rear bumper. That'll expose a hole where you can screw the hook in.
@@GameOver556 Ah, seems like I "whoosh"-ed pretty hard. :(
Great review. Wish they were going to offer the EQV in the USA
i'll keep wishing like you. but sadly i don't think they want to lose any money.
2:48 That is for towing the car. can mount it in the front or the back outside i believe.
Correct
I hope to get one of these one day to turn into a camper. That spare flap could be used as a cover for a leisure battery charging point...
That is a very clever idea. You could add a commando socket to it.
Björn that metal thing with the screw threads you find Is called a tow hook. If you or someone else is stuck in the snow, or off the road, you can hook up your vehicle to someone else’s and get towed out of your crash.
Hi Bjørn. I have bought the EQV a few months ago and I get around 350-400km of range on a daily basis. This is the case when it is 10-15 degrees. So temperatur makes a big difference I suppose… Thank you for the good video!
What a great electric family hauler, should be very popular.
Congrats MB on a good entry into the market place.
The hook with the screw on the end of it is to screw into the bumper behind the little square flap, it is a tow hook for if you get stuck.
Do seats fold down for overnight camping or taking a snooze while charging. Looks awesome.
A camping test with a four poster bed! And a jacuzzi!
A Marco Polo version of this would be sweet. Expensive but sweet.
@@martinottosson6583 - But you’d have to stay over in China for 17yrs. every time you go out. Explain that one after a quick trip to the shops.
No
@@dcvariousvids8082 I already today have to explain why I need to spend years developing alternating current theorems every time I take a Tesla for a spin, so no worries.
the metal thing you find is for towing or tieing down the car. normally a covered threaded hole in the front bumper
My only worry about the charging port location is accident damage - I'm guessing it is out of the way for frontal side impacts in car parks etc.
it couln't be that hard to use the fossil filler placement for the charge point. it'd make sense
@@dennisrichards2540 only accessible with door open though
@@dennisrichards2540 but with a vehicle of this size that's rather inconvenient. If the charger is on the passenger side the cable will not reach all the way around the van.
That little metal thing with the circle you keep finding is a tow hook. They screw into (usually) the front of the vehicle
there was a foto of a prototype. about one year ago. This prototype EQV had the chargeport behind the dummy lid at the b pillar.
Those charging speeds are amazing and it looks good. I love driving van based cars for the height. Efficiency is the key.
"You can smuggle sh*t in here". The giggles are real Bjorn, lol.
Awesome! I love seeing the people who say "iT's ThE tOwInG HoOk" haha. Are you also gonna do the headlight test? They look really good.
Behind the fuel cap normally states the correct tire pressure
Nice van!
Being aware of what I think are bias reports, I think you need to generate a list of electric vehicles with their expected driving distances where things like temperature are all normalised. One value for highway driving at 120km/h and another for town driving. I believe people would hold your results in high regard.
The metal threaded part is a tow hook to attach to the front or back bumper in case you end up in a ditch and they need to pull the car back on the road :)
Very good range for that kind of freezing weather and vehicle size. Mercedes EQV gets more range in freezing winter than a very efficient Mini Cooper SE in summer.
Bjorn thanks for preventing me from buying the Lexus ux 300 I am desperately waiting for my eqv :)
The metal handle that you found in the trunk is for towing the car. You screw it in the front than another car can tow your car.
A van for the win 😊
That thing you were looking at in the back screws in the front bumper so you can be towed, these electric cars have all the components in the bottom and slot of the time, a tower can't hook onto the frame without breaking stuff, many people dont know what it is, don't bother to look it up and throw it away. And when they need towed, something breaks because they can't hookup to anything proper, and the warranty is void
Hi Bjorn the metal thing in the boot/trunk you keep finding in the back of cars and the van is a towing eye it screws in the front of the vehicle in case you brake down and need to be towed 👍🏻
2:50 i believe it’s a screw you place in the front or rear bumper and enables to tow away another car or to be towed away. You also need a cord of course...
@3:03, that is the key bolt for towing. You screw it into a socket located underneath the front bumper.
Thanks for the video. As you show, Tesla definitely to go for a van.
Bjorn tnx for test...but for any kind of commercial vehicles you must put max payload weight during the tests...No one can buy large van to drive alone in the cabin.
EQV is NOT a commercial vehicle. The commercial variant is called Viano.
@@CreRay Bjorn weighed this van , the result of the measurement is 2960 kg with the driver ... You now answer me how many passengers and their luggage you can carry in it if the B drive license category in many countries of the world is limited to 3500 kg.
@@dekimp Max combined weight is 3500kg. You can do the math yourself.
Interestingly, the weight quoted by Mercedes is some 300kgs lower, I don’t quite understand this.
@@CreRay Probably not so precise public weight meter,plus Bjorn own weight and some full banana box in the tunk.
It’s the towing hook you find in all this cars.
Yepp. You attach it in the front so that the car can be towed.
It’s a joke man. He knows.
he's got you man)
@@AW-rb9vt first time I haven't understood a joke from Björn i think. I always think everyone that don't understand jokes are dumb. Now joke is on me 😂
r/whoosh
That thing is a towing hitch. You can screw it in the front of the car. Usually right side there is a small plate covering a threaded hole. If you are ever stuck or without juice, this is the correct way to tow a car.
Interesting EV Van!
Bjorn you are Joking about The eyelet and the thread bar is also used if you accidentally get stuck in a ditch,it’s screwed into a port and a tow rope put in the eye
This thing should be great for taxi driving inside Oslo!
Strange how it still has the steering wheel that was replaced with a newer version in all new Mercedeses, even commercial Vans, in 2018.
bc it is lower equipped car. The highest trim should have the newer one.
@@emilc35 No, even basic Trim delivery vans have the new one.
2:50 That is a towing hook for the front of the car or back also if not trailer hitch included
@@GregHassler .... you're right. My bad
ICE version: 1.2MNOK (~120.000€) in Norway
EV version: 0.75MNOK (75.000€)
Mission accomplished in NO atleast
why Norways hates also cars?
@@lukasb9697 we love EVs
@@lukasb9697 I don't think they hate cars, but they love nature and they put the costs where they are due.
Great man
@@davorinskvaridlo3567 Norway has the most EV's in the world, doesn't seem to be that stupid.
Bjorn doesn't know what a tow hook is :-) Cool review as usual buddy!
He does .....
15 years ago i bought a 5 year old diesel V class camper.. we now have 2 kids & the van is the perfect family wagon .. and 2-50 i'm not going to bite
and the weight seems about right .. each of those back seats is really heavy, god knows how heavy the front ones are with their motors
2:52
Those metal things are tow rings.
You srew them in the front (or back).
Usually there is a cover for them in the bumpers...
He is just trolling xD
hahahaha I searched for those comments 🤣🤣🤣
To trigger TH-cam's algorithm, I just need to ask what the tow hitch is in the video 🤣
2:55 those are for being towed if your car doesnt move anymore (in german we call that Abschlepphacken because its a hook to be used when you get towed)
(i dont know if you genuinely dont know or not, but i wanted to leave the info anyways just in case)
But damn the EQV looks really good (practially not so much optically .. but optically i also cant complain)
Björn. you have got to be joking about that eylet with treads. its your towing hitch, in case you get out of charge, trying one of your crazy stunts. ;)
His jokes are why I have stayed. It doesn’t hurt he does very practical tests on EVs.
Perfect hotel shuttle
charge port on the bumper is a very bad idea, it's called a bumper for a reason, normally cheap to fix, but if the charge port gets damaged it will cost a fortune, no body shop will want to touch it, let alone give you guarantee after a repair
I wonder why no one mentioned this about Leaf, Soul, Kona and e-Niro.
@@bjornnyland i think leaf is better, because the port is higher and a bit further back than the bumper crossbeam, seems less likely to get dinged/scraped. i understand merc didnt want to alter any metal panels of the fossil chassis, still imho it would have been best to stick the port behind the grill, just like leaf. or get creative with the rear lamps somehow, more like tesla.
So nice to see you drive to Musen Musen Musen Musen Musen again.... I swear I look forward to it on all your videos. 🤣🤣🤣. Just the best Bjorn...
Congratulations for this review
1:10 Bjørn, thanks for the video review. The reason why MB doesn't modify the "B" pillar left fuel door for the BEV, is to reduce cost. Otherwise, MB would have one part with the fuel door and one without.
Nice van. Hope to see a longer review on its interior.
07:34 Was that a reference to the "badgers" song? :P
Yes. Yes it was. :D I laughed out loud because of that. That's sooooo old meme and yet he remembers it and refered to it. :D Badger, badger, badger, badger, mushroom, mushrooom.
Comfort comes from seating position and sound isolation. When tested Audi e-tron, what I really didn't like about it, was seating position, felt like in Audi A6, expected to be like in Q7, but no, a bit disappointed. Audi Q7 has also kind of "VAN seating" comfort and this is a game changer on long trips, so will keep my ultra comfy "fossil" at least for couple of years
2:49 this is the bar you hook up into the car so it can be pulled up a tow truck if it breaks down or runs out of charge
Me at the start of the video: "Yes! Finally I can replace my ice minibus."
Me by the end of the video: "116mi total range. Nevermind".
** @90km/h: 148 miles at ~13F (56mph)
** @120km/h: 116 miles at (partly) down to 1.4F (75mph)
@@mattetjus I run a business. My ice minibus does 400+ miles in any conditions then takes 5 mins to refuel.
I don't mind a wait to charge if its reasonable because I can take breaks around it but if I'm looking for a charger at 100 miles from full thats just not going to work.
Also if I want to charge to 80% I would be looking for a charger at 70-80 miles.
The closest airport for me is 65 miles and the usual ones are 100+. I can't see passengers being ok with me sitting charging for an hour halfway through their journey.
I really want an electric minibus (or even a plug-in with a decent battery size) but the closest things so far are this (nowhere near enough range) or the Ford plug-in which does almost nothing on electric.
If they made this with a range extender I could get one right now which would mean a lot of electric miles.
@@siraff4461 And that is why its not offered in the US. No way it would sell in any real volume.
@@bluebikerathar As long as you only serve one airport and/or only ever do runs of less than 100 miles round trip this would be great.
Take a look at most shuttle busses for sale at a few years old and pay attention to the mileage on most of them. 50-80k per year is normal and 100k per year isn't uncommon. They aren't doing that on sub 50-mile routes with a forced 2 hour stop after them.
Bjorn, good review as always. I get the temperature was cold during your test which would account for some of the range shortage. The flipside is, however, that vans will typically be tasked with carrying a lot of people and stuff which would of course stress its range. ~ 300 km's on a van, especially a premium one, is not good enough IMHO. It should safely be closer to 500 km in deal conditions and maybe down to a 350 - 400 km range in less than ideal conditions. Regardless, good start by Merc.
This is a beast of a van. Holy Cybercow. This is nice even for a EV converted version. I wish Tesla would have a better breakdown on the energy consumption.
I managed to have 32-33 kWh/100 km in my EQV while driving 100 km/h in a -16*C day with no head wind in E+ (extended range) mode. Changing to Eco added 6 kWh/100 in heating, changing to Comfort additional 6 kWh/100 km. It is possible to have 280-300 km range in winter if you preheat and keep vehicle cold inside by using E+ (almost no heating).
I have to tell you this now Bjorn. The metal tool with a hole on is to be towed with it screws into front bumper and you can be pulled along by another car. Or you put it into the back bumper and tow another car along if it has died. 😀😀😀
That "thing" you found is a so called towing eye for use in case you need to have your car towed.
Just attach the tow eye to the proper connection specified in the user manual.
You are one lucky guy if you never had a need for one of these.
Great humor!
German is perfect for swearing. Regards from Berlin
@Bjørn Nyland When looking at your google doc spread sheet, you have made an error there. You have put this EQV in the noise test tab under Summer category but it is clearly winter while you tested this car. :) You could go and fix that.
Nope, it's correct. Check again.
@@bjornnyland Oh yeah. Sorry. It was for EQC car not this EQV. My bad. :)
Great test Bjorn!
The range is ABISMAL (especially bearing in mind how big its battery is), however. 🚨🚨🚨
Normally you would use between 90-10% battery capacity, so you need to deduct 20% for stress-free driving.
2:50 it is a sewing needle in case you need to repair the seats😜😃
Is he joking when he says he doesn’t know what that is? I can’t tell!
@@hamsterminator It's a running joke, like in this video: th-cam.com/video/RB6ZrjftKu8/w-d-xo.html
@@hamsterminator He’s joking. Always inserts subtle jokes and one liners
Try the camping test.
I was very interested in the eqv to replace the v250d but the range is not enough for me.
I hope if Mercedes makes a new model it will be able to have 400+ km with passengers and luggage.
Thank you for your support! 👍🔋💪!
the inside from the car looks so much cooler than in a tesla... i hope in a few years the model 3 or model whatever will look better... with nice ambient lighting and whatever lol
Why as a designer would you put the charge port on the most vulnerable part of the car for bumps and scrapes.
I hope that you can do a new test for this car when the temperature is more comparable the other cars you have tested. Also I would love to see a test of the new PSA Opel Zafira-e/Peugeot e-traveller/Citroen.../Toyota ... in the longest (L3?) version with 75kWh battery. Also, these cars should be tested with passengers. I have not found any range values with passengers in all the reviews I have seen online.
Nice video! I can see a lot of use-cases for this car, and it seems pretty nice inside. The 2960 kg weight with only a driver is a bit high though. Hope your passengers haven't put on too many kg's during lockdown!
2960 kg.. !!!! So with more that 5 passengers you would need an lgv licence .. and possibly a tachograph.
"What the heck is this?" at 2:50 min. That, my dear Bjorn, is a tow-eye. You screw that in a slot in the front bumper, and then another car can hook the tow cable to this eye and tow you away.
2:50 isn't that the tow hook? You have to remove some cover in the bumper and screw it in to tow another car or to be towed.
yes it is... in the front you remove the cover and screw this in and then another car can tow you
Björn knows.
Hey Bjørn,
For comparing efficiency, would it be effective to compare "kWh/ton" I know real-world it wouldn't matter that much, as you have to drag along the weight regardless; but it might be an easy metric to indicate overall efficiency of the vehicle. P.S.: Love the content and the live-streams, keep it up dude!
More like energy / (frontal area x drag coefficient x weight) ;)
How will e-proace/e-expert/e-vivaro/ e-jumpy 75kWh compare to to this Mercedes 100kWh van and Nissan Env200-e 40kWh + Maxus van? They are half the price of this Mercedes van. Finally there are some real options to choose from.
And even more cheaper with a 50 kWh battery, available as 2-3 seater van, 9 seater and 5 or 6 crewcab. May also tow 1000kg
The thing you find in every car (03:00) you test is a tow hook (Abschlepphaken).
My guess for the thing you found in the trunk is for towing stuff
Hi, when are you going to test Opel Zafira-e Life / Peugeot e-traveller with 75Kw/h battery? I'm curious of what type of evaluation you would give to this models. I've bought one but I'm still waiting for it to arrive... sometime in March 2021.
I have a Vito at the moment, in a few years I will be moving either to the eVito or the VW ID Buzz, depending who has the better vehicle. For me, this Vito needs a redesign away from the fossil version, and also 130kWh battery.
Can you have a trailer hitch on it? Not that you need to with this much space!
Does it have heat pump?