Mercedes Will Present Its New Electrical Van Subsequent Spring

It seems to be as if Mercedes actually needs us to get enthusiastic about its new household of electrical vans. After displaying camouflaged prototypes a couple of months in the past, the three-pointed star is again with a extra typical teaser. Hiding within the shadows is a showcar depicting a “luxurious, elegant, and spacious limousine” in van format we’ll see subsequent spring. Nonetheless, the following manufacturing fashions will start to reach in 2026.

The German premium model is making an enormous deal out of this as a result of the brand new workhorses will experience on a devoted electrical car platform. Developed from the bottom up, VAN.EA is a scalable and modular platform meant strictly for EVs, various from “high-end household automobiles and unique VIP shuttles to spacious limousines.” This assertion tells us Mercedes will up the ante when it comes to luxurious in order that the vans can reside as much as the distinguished badge.

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Mercedes will doubtless considerably enhance packaging by avoiding the compromises related to gas-to-EV conversions. These new vans will probably be provided in front- and all-wheel-drive configurations, so anticipate single- and dual-motor setups, respectively. VAN.EA will underpin all the corporate’s future midsize to giant vans for private and business functions.

With the brand new wave of electrical fashions, the Vans division goals to halve the variety of variants it presents in comparison with current vans geared up with combustion engines. Mercedes seeks to take action with out neglecting any market segments. All vans will share a entrance module with an electrical motor and axle. Totally different heart modules will allow a number of car lengths and battery sizes in a standardized battery case. The rear module will comprise an electrical motor for AWD fashions.

The brand new platform spawns two derivatives: VAN.EA-P for personal vans and VAN.EA-C for business vans. Fashions driving on the previous platform will provide “properly over” 311 miles (500 kilometers) of vary and SAE Degree 2 automated driving at launch. Degree 3 will probably be applied by the last decade’s finish. The latter structure, for which vary is not specified, will get Degree 4 tech by 2030.

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Apart from Europe, Mercedes needs to promote VAN.EA-based fashions in the US, the place a midsize luxurious van is coming. Midsize and enormous camper vans are additionally deliberate, however we’ll have to attend and see whether or not these are coming to North America. With the brand new platform, the Vans department goals for EVs to account for greater than 50% of annual gross sales in 5 years from now.