LDV joins rush to bring fully electric vans to Australian market

LDV has announced it will bring the eDeliver 7 electric van to Australia early in 2024. It will replace the ageing G10 van, and is to become part of an aggressive light commercial vehicle expansion by LDV in Australia.

The intention is to bring the electric Deliver 7 first in Q1 2024 (with a possibility that it might arrive before Xmas), with the diesel version of the Deliver 7 arriving later.

The eDeliver 7 has been available in the UK for several months now (marketed there under their Maxus brand) but a few changes have been made for the Australian version.

These include keeping it just under a 2m height for entry to carparks and fitting a three passenger front seat. (Which, in the displayed versions, were relatively comfortable for a base-model van).

The new LDV electric van comes amid the imminent arrival of the Peugeot e-Expert, Renault Kangoo E-Tech, and the H1 2024 arrivals of the Ford eTransit Custom, Renault Traffic E-Tech and Chinese brand Victory EC1 light truck and EC2 Van.

It would appear that the around 1 tonne eLCV market is soon to be flooded with choice! (For a list of the current and coming electric LCVs to Australia, see aeva.au/fact-sheets)

Final specs for the Australian version will be released closer to the launch – however the details released at the media event were:

1. Three versions to be sold here:

• short wheel base and low roof
• mid wheel base/low roof
• mid wheel base/high roof

1. Base model will come with a 77 kWh battery with an approximately 300 km range (WLTP)
2. A longer range batter option will be available. This will likely be one of either the 88 or 100 kWh batteries that LDV make. (The UK version lists 77 kWh and 88 kWh as the options).
3. 12 inch touch screen along with tactile buttons for the most common controls – such as ventilation and heating, with the remainder of the cabin keeping to the theme of its bigger brother, the eDeliver 9.
4. Common grille on EV and ICE versions.
5. Electronic park brake.
6. Front seating for three.
7. Just under 2 m height.

Whilst fuller details were not released at the event, we can get some idea of the approximate specifications for Australia from the 77 kWh and 88 kWh battery UK versions, as shown below.