Mercedes unveils eSprinter electric van

The electric van market is heating up. We've already seen the Volkswagen ID.buzz and now Mercedes is entering the fray with a more traditional eSprinter an electric version of its popular Sprinter van line.

[Entertainment-]

It's a game changer for van life if you can hook into the battery and run your electronics from it.

[EVtripper]

I want one as a solar camper project. Who wants to see that on youtube?

[RChyshkevych]

Almost 300 miles of range from a battery sure beats out Ford's E-Transit range of less than 200 miles

[egg]

For van life, would be lovely if can avoid having to add secondary power, e.g battery packs / air conditioning system. Either full roof solar OR none at all would be great.

[ceesparxxx]

This gets me really excited for Off Grid Van Life living in 5-10 years from now :) :)

[matthewbaynham]

Considering that the US doesn't have the 3.5 ton weight limit for a standard driving license I'm surprised that they aren't putting a bigger battery in it.

[thegreeneyej]

How about some offset hubs for added ground clearance!

[agwoodstudio]

Where is the AWD info coming from? Everything I’ve read to date says RWD only?

[ProdigiousOne]

Cool, my public library may be able to use this van.

[studiosingyourstyle]

I’d like to know the pros and cons of the E sprinter?

If the world is moving towards electric vehicles, why would we want to purchase diesel?

With gasoline savings alone be worth the electric ?

[didierpuzenat]

1:29 When doing a long trip you will not wait "42 minutes" because you only need enough to go to the next fast charger or to your destination. So it will probably be 20 to 30 minutes, the time of a well deserved break after several hours of driving. However, since a Tesla model 3 with 80 kWh can charge at 250 kW, this eSprinter should be able to charge at 300 kW, so 150 kW is a bit disappointing. With such a wide roof, photovoltaic panels would also have been a nice option, since it will be impossible to add with an aftermarket product, at least to charge the main battery. The charging plug location is great since in Europe it should be possible to charge at Tesla Superchargers.

[frankziddah]

At 3.02, 98% battery shows 239 miles of range (dashboard). A far cry from the ~300 miles mentioned in the video. Still better than the electric Ford Transit

[KeithAlger]

Err inregards to available load weight the Merc Sprinter is already pretty bad, are you going to have any available load weight left on this thing!

[MobilAvenue_]

The esprinter has been out for years. Amazon has loads

[artlife]

great, now another vehicle noone can afford to service after the warranty expires, but in electric form

[eldaftbro]

The same looking nothing big only that’s electric 😐