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Stroppymonkey
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Massively overspecced.
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DaveDCB
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I’m half wondering if I should of gone for an electric van… maybe if I had solar at home it would of been the better option given I do so many short journeys oppose to any huge distance 
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Monkeybusiness
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Thirsty?!…I’m half wondering if I should of gone for an electric van… maybe if I had solar at home it would of been the better option given I do so many short journeys oppose to any huge distance
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Smiffy
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I’m half wondering if I should of gone for an electric van… maybe if I had solar at home it would of been the better option given I do so many short journeys oppose to any huge distance
Looking at electric vans today as we have to buy something for a contract.
By hell they depreciate bad. Looking at year old models with sub 20k miles and they can be had for under 20 grand. New they are pushing 50 grand. Seems like the potential to be a good deal for some.
diggerjones
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Our plumber just got an electric van. 28k
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Monkeybusiness
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Fixed that for you
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DaveDCB
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Well it got 41mpg on the motorway on a decent run, which I was surprised & impressed at… but on my run to work it doesn’t even fully warm up on , it’s averaging 21mpg, which I’m not bothered about because it will take 6 months to empty the tank at this rate … just can’t be doing it any good never getting hot!
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DaveDCB
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There was some mega deals on the Renault master electric vans a while back , brand new pre reg for 15k! Which makes you wonder what they’d be worth with 5k on the clock… paying to sell them I guess?
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Monkeybusiness
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The issue you might have is it struggling to complete a dpf regen - there is no indication that they are doing one other than the engine idle is slightly higher than normal, but that’s easy to miss if you pull up and switch off straight away (but you can smell it and will hear the fans whirring etc when you then get out!).
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Smiffy
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Quite a lot of them are currently cheaper than their diesel stable mate.
We have a couple of vehicles that would be lucky to do 3 miles a day. So definitely viable to go electric.
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groundworker
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I'm the same, just finished a job that was nigh on a month long and only used one tank of fuel. I was getting 15mpg at one point on a job round the corner.
Electric would be ideal for my use but not sure any of them can tow 3.5t?
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groundworker
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This might do the job
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DaveDCB
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This might do the job
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I assume you saw your limbs off to get inside of it
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Stroppymonkey
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I shall be getting a small electric van for one of our engineers as a trial .. service engineers don’t tow. Certainly worth having a play with.
The one I’ve just put a deposit on is a MHEV which is a complete waste of time, but I can’t find one in the spec I wanted unless it’s MHEV. More to go wrong .
The one I’ve just put a deposit on is a MHEV which is a complete waste of time, but I can’t find one in the spec I wanted unless it’s MHEV. More to go wrong .
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Brendan
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None of them can tow 3.5t.
Had an e transit for couple of days and has a max range of 120 miles when empty, wasn't a bad van but doubt it can tow much.
It's possible to pick up the ABT e transporters cheap, they only have a 50-80 mile range but start at around 10k for a 3 year old motor with sub 20k on the clock, diesel equivalent would be at least double.
Funnily enough was looking at the spec for maxus e terron 9 today, absolutely crazy money for a pick up, but it states it can tow 3500kg but it's illegal to do so. I've messaged maxus but unless I'm missing something the maths isn't mathing.
Max tow of 3500kg and a gtw of 6500kg leaves 3000kg.....
They weigh around 2880kg unladen, so that's 120kg for the driver and your at the limit but the 250kg of nose weight makes you overweight
Lancs Lad
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Why bother?
Genuine question.
Maxxus dealer seems to have a lot of stuff sat there not moving near us.
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Brendan
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6feetdown
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Didn't they upgrade the allowed vehicle weight, but unsure if that allowed bigger mam
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