Is It Time To Switch To An Electric Van? e-Expert Test

👇 Peugeot e-Partner Electric Van Test 👇

Team SB test drive the new Peugeot e-Expert electric van for a week.

▶ Company car tax and benefits in kind for electric cars:

PEUGEOT e-EXPERT

The Peugeot e-Expert has a 136hp motor with three modes,
Eco (60kW) - Normal (80kW) - Power (100 kW)

The e-Expert with the 75kWh battery option is capable of 205 miles (WLTP).

Using a 100kW rapid charger the Peugeot e-Expert with 75kWh battery can be charged from 0 - 80% in 45 minutes.

Using an 11kW Wall Box (home charger) a full charge will take around 7 hours.

Two wheelbase versions are available. The ‘Standard’ variant at 4.95m and ‘Long’ at 5.30m.

Over 3 years/60,000 miles, the PEUGEOT e-Expert allows drivers to save just over £5,000 compared to running an equivalent diesel PEUGEOT Expert model.
(all data correct at time of publishing).

0% Benefit-in-kind (BIK) company car tax band.

Charging from a 3-pin socket is not recommended but can be used for a trickle charge to top up.

* All comments are Roger Bisby's personal opinion.

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[macdietz]

So the UK government is subsizing people who can afford a $50k vehicle. Sounds about right.

[tilerman]

Personally, i would like to see a 'real' road test. Middle of a cold winter with heater on full blast, at night with lights on, loaded to the hilt with gear in the back and two bruiser's in the passenger seat's and 25 miles to get home but showing 20 on the batterie's. Otherwise, quite a nice looking toy.

[alanak]

Will not be cheap to run for long, once government lose out on the fuel duties you watch out for the "pay per mile" - coming quick I reckon.

[Pistol_Knight]

Once there are enough electric vehicles on the road say bye to free changers & no congestion charge and hello to paying through the nose, way of the world who remembers when diesel was cheaper than diesel cars became the norm

[bidders]

This would be great if electricity wasn't going through the roof at the moment with no end in sight.

[hunterb]

All the new technologies in electric vans but they still cant be botherd developing decent security.

[Robert-mtjw]

Congestion Charge exempt till October 2023 then all vehicles must pay in London. So you probably won't get your investment back.

[fazer]

14:25 The brace on the white door is the wrong way round. Also Tesla has a self driving option!

[twig]

The problem with most road tests is that they use brand new vehicles. Try a 3 to 5 year old EV and see how the battery holds up - that would be a more realistic test,
and don't kid yourself that the govt grants and incentives will last once they converted the majority to EVs, these schemes are designed to suck you in.
Also, how do you think the govt will make up for the black hole in their finances caused by the loss of fuel duty? What happened to your critical thinking Roger?

[adamhasan]

Love the beginning of this vid - very Scott Brown Carpentry

[TheRealMrLaserCutter]

Got the same van. Best bits are the drive train, instant heater in the winter and decent aircon in the summer. Drives best in town that’s where it really shines. Bad bits are the motorway mileage. Glad to be free of the constant dpf/add blue issues on my old transporter.

[SaintCoemgen]

What a great video.

Not just about an electric van, but about architecture 10:15, British history 10:30, personal history 11:10.

Well done.

[dani]

At work we have tried electrical vehicles with a painter and for short distance it is OK. However for long distance it causes major issues.

[CaptainCrunch]

Electric van wouldn’t last me half a day. I go out with a purified water tank full every day with 700L. Roof rack weighs 80kg + ladders. Some days I have all the jet wash gear as well as a gutter vac. Plus in the winter with the heater going, lights on etc……good in principle but won’t last long in reality!

[Ultimate-roofing-square.]

The views of London through the eyes of mr B, electrifying…
Great review chaps.
See Dylan slipped off to re charge the van. 🍻

[lazylad]

Bloody hell chaps, 180 mile round trip. I hope the coffee and biscuits were good.

[tommcleish]

I have had a VW e-transporter for 3 months now. Well made vehicle, drives well. However the 80mile range is not realistic maximum range has been 65miles. The charging point on the van is to far away from the public charging points which mean the cable does not reach the van. With winter coming I am going to have to be careful with my driving range.

[thomas]

Range anxiety roger is the problem ! some people will really struggle with this ! especially if there going to a place thats not familiar, sat nav does not help when there is a que at the charging station either, beacuse more electric mean more capacity to charge, and people can not wait around for say 3 electric vehicle in front of them in the que ! imagine if every vehicle was electric we would suck the power dry and have blackouts, people who charge over night would find there has been a power cut in the night and find a vehicle with no charge in the morning, just imagine everyone has an EV they come home at 5pm plug in the EV, out goes the electic for sure ! we do not have the capacity for every one to own an EV, and there not telling you that ! so we need an alternative to electric, aswell as deisel and petrol and were no we near that yet are we !

[martingill]

Thanks, Great laid back review, I’m ditching the diesel and getting a lwb one on lease so hoping it works out, 100% agree on pulling their finger out to improve the charging infrastructure as it’s the key to adoption.

[ramblingman]

The biggest issue is the short battery life.
At least 1 manufacturer admitted to a customer that a 10% drop in range per 11, 000 miles is perfectly normal. For a high mileage driver this could lead to spending £7, 000+ every 3 years on replacing battery.