Der neue Mercedes-Benz EQV – Exterieur, Bergkristallweiß metallic, Black Panel-Kühlergrill mit Chromlamellen;Stromverbrauch kombiniert: 27,0 kWh/100 km; CO2-Emissionen kombiniert: 0 g/km*, Angaben vorläufig The new Mercedes-Benz EQV – Exterior, Mountain crystal white metallic, black panel radiator grille with chrome fins;Combined power consumption: 27.0 kWh/100 km; combined CO2 emissions: 0 g/km*, provisional figures While everybody else was fretting over how best to build an electric pickup truck, Mercedes-Benz decided to skip all that and release the industrys first all-electric van.The concept for the 2020 EQV van was shown a short time ago, but it looks like its now almost ready for people to buy.Underneath the vans body sits the battery, a 90-kWh power pack that can offer 405 km on a single charge.Using a standard 110-kW public DC rapid-charger, the battery of the EQV can be charged from 10 to 80 per cent in just 45 minutes. Only the front wheels are driven by a single electric motor, and the power works out to the equivalent of about 204 horsepower and 267 lb.-ft. of torque.Inside, the van looks totally normal with interior styling borrowed from Mercedes crossovers.With EVs were usually talking about some silly mode that you can push on the dash to make your jowls touch your ears, but not in the EQV. The top speed is only 160 km/h, but you probably werent going to show up to a drag race with this, anyway. No, this is meant to carry a raft of people comfortably and silently.Speaking of that raft, it can hold seven people with the rear seat captains chairs installed, but an available bench seat option bumps that number up to eight people.So far, plans are for the 2020 EQV to be made available in Europe only, but were hoping the idea catches on enough that it makes its way around the
Origin: Mercedes-Benz first to get its foot in the door of electric van market