Mercedes Electric vans?

[duane0001]

Don't need to research this, not important. On a minor detail like this I don't really care for one and suspect the manufacturers considered this in the design process.

I am normally with you 100% on the electric vehicle posts but the A pillar is very important, have you driven a Mercedes Vito through town, you have to lean forward and backwards mainly on roundabouts to see if there are any vehicles especially motorcycles and cyclists coming because the visibility is dire with the A pillars being poorly positioned and over large, Volvo even experimented with transparent A pillars

 

[SpeedyDux]

Don't need to research this, not important. On a minor detail like this I don't really care for one and suspect the manufacturers considered this in the design process.

Or, you might see it as manufacturers prioritising thick A Pillars ahead of better visibility for the driver. Improved visibility would help reduce SMIDSY as a cause of accidents. Is that not important? I suspect most van manufacturers don't really care very much. More accidents means more sales, a cynic might say. I thought you were all in favour of innovation to improve vehicles. Never mind. Follow the herd if you prefer.

 

[Gromett]

I am normally with you 100% on the electric vehicle posts but the A pillar is very important, have you driven a Mercedes Vito through town, you have to lean forward and backwards mainly on roundabouts to see if there are any vehicles especially motorcycles and cyclists coming because the visibility is dire with the A pillars being poorly positioned and over large, Volvo even experimented with transparent A pillars

I agree in an ideal world they would be non existant and give you 100% all round view. However, it is a structurally important part of the vehicle.

I have a vivaro now and the A pillar in that is always seems to be in the way. Not sure if I am noticing it because it is a new van after 10+ years in my previous one or if it is actually bigger. But in the grand scheme of things I don't think it is a major issue. Charging facilities, range and cost are the most important things. A pillar size has been an issue in ICE vehicles for decades and I don't see it being solved overnight in EVs.

 

[Gromett]

Or, you might see it as manufacturers prioritising thick A Pillars ahead of better visibility for the driver. Improved visibility would help reduce SMIDSY as a cause of accidents. Is that not important? I suspect most van manufacturers don't really care very much. More accidents means more sales, a cynic might say. I thought you were all in favour of innovation to improve vehicles. Never mind. Follow the herd if you prefer.

I am all in favour of innovations to improve vehicles. But this is one that I just can't get up the interest to care about. I am accustomed to leaning forward and back to see what I need to see. There are bigger issues to worry about.

 

[DIY campervan]

Advert just come on the television, the all new range of Mercedes E vans, keep your business clean, keep your business going.

Wonder when the PVC manufacturers will start converting them.

Anybody seen or driven one? The advert never mentioned range etc.

Was discussing this last week on here re going electric. The EV sprinter does 90 miles on a full charge. Less if its cold. Less again if you have the heater on. Then even less again if fully loaded. So basically 30 stops to get to spain from
Yorkshire. You will need to plan your journey well ahead for charging points so if the next stop is 30miles & 60 miles then your gunna need the 30 miles stop. So basically campervanning is gunna die out thanks to boris johnson stroke of a pen pulling the deadline forward ten years! Where screwed basically unless technology ramps up fast. Which it wont.

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[duane0001]

Was discussing this last week on here re going electric. The EV sprinter does 90 miles on a full charge. Less if its cold. Less again if you have the heater on. Then even less again if fully loaded. So basically 30 stops to get to spain from
Yorkshire. You will need to plan your journey well ahead for charging points so if the next stop is 30miles & 60 miles then your gunna need the 30 miles stop. So basically campervanning is gunna die out thanks to boris johnson stroke of a pen pulling the deadline forward ten years! Where screwed basically unless technology ramps up fast. Which it wont.

Thats the ICE conversion, Mercedes have announced an all electric from the ground up Sprinter with 3 battery pack size options with one being 120kwh, as the current ice conversion is just 55kwh expect over 200 mile range with the 120kwh, and that is now, not in 10 years time! I drive a diesel Sprinter now and run a fleet of them in and around hull so I am very interested in the electric versions

 

[poppycamper]

Then even less again if fully loaded. So basically 30 stops to get to spain from

I am going to fit an A frame to front of moho... buy 2 Clydesdale ponies and a fecking great big bag o straw.....Sorted...got to be quicker than Mr Leccy... Spain here we come..

 

[Richard Sale]

Around our village the other day. Driver said it was good and had a range of about 100 miles, which was apparently fine for his needs.

Not sure that will cut it for a MH... ?
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[Richard Sale]

Biggest problem with EV is weight and range, so this van has a range of 100 miles. Assuming you get to a site where do you recharge, who is going to put the infrastructure in. Then if abroad and you decide an Aire is good for you will you have enough power? Just does not seem viable

 

[EuroTrotters]

As grommet mentioned, the manufacturers are simply slotting battery power into an ICE chassis.

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[Ninjabob]

Apparently Amazon has ordered 100,000 electric vans.

Amazon orders 100,000 electric vans from start-up Rivian | Autocar

Fledging electric firm gets major boost with huge order from internet giant

www.autocar.co.uk

Ideal for their multi drop deliveries in a confined location. No use for distance travelling such as we might like to do in our Motorhomes

 

[tonyidle]

It is a structural component. Making it thinner will compromise integrity in the case of a crash. Do you think they design them with these posts for fun? If they could make them smaller I am sure they would have done by now even if just to save money.

Anyway us A class users are used to dodging A posts. And stupid high mount mirrors in my case.

 

[DIY campervan]

I am going to fit an A frame to front of moho... buy 2 Clydesdale ponies and a fecking great big bag o straw.....Sorted...got to be quicker than Mr Leccy... Spain here we come..

Me to

 

[DIY campervan]

Thats the ICE conversion, Mercedes have announced an all electric from the ground up Sprinter with 3 battery pack size options with one being 120kwh, as the current ice conversion is just 55kwh expect over 200 mile range with the 120kwh, and that is now, not in 10 years time! I drive a diesel Sprinter now and run a fleet of them in and around hull so I am very interested in the electric versions

Coincidence i live in hull too lol. Well in ten years im up for buying one of those upgraded vans off ya then

 

[duane0001]

Coincidence i live in hull too lol. Well in ten years im up for buying one of those upgraded vans off ya then

I don't live in Hull, Mr Campervan, I live in real Yorkshire, (North Yorkshire) and my office is in Beverley, We just happen to work in and around Hull, we would have had a few electric vehicles already but sometimes we are called to work on projects elsewhere in the country where the current range of electric vans would not cut it, but the new Sprinters will be very closely scrutinised and maybe invested in sometime in the future, other makes may be better, who knows at this early stage!

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