Citroen E Dispatch 75kw - One year review 40k miles - Can you live with it ?

40000 mile review of my Citroen Dispatch electric 75 kw battery.

[@MartiA1973]

Hey! Someone actually drove a van further than the pub to do a review - thank you. Even with road noise, more useful than the Fully Charged crew telling me "it's like car" 'cos they drove it round the block empty! Rant over - thank you

[@colin7898]

Got to say some of what you say I agree with, some I don’t but everyone is different. My e-expert is the Asphalt model. 39,000 miles in 12 months. Here are some views about the van from another high mileage van owner. Drivability - brilliant. Turning circle not really noticed it to be honest. Rear camera - worth having as the 180 view is great for reversing out of charging bays. Blind spot indicators - a must for me. Saved me several times. Charging speeds are consistently fast and max out but drop as you say after about 60%. GOM - hopeless, what ever it says you have left add 16 miles to it at least. I’ve tried running down to 1% and it had 3 miles left for ages. Range for me is fine. I can only do about 2 hours before I need to stop and that’s about the range of the battery. Don’t think I’ve ever been so relaxed with the “forced” stops. Battery percentage - use the app or the “fuel gauge”. If you use the ABRP app with an OBD it gives you the percentage. Efficiency in a headwind - think of a number and halve it!!!! Can go as low as 1.9 mi/kWh! Lorries and coaches become your friend. Didn’t come with heated seats but bought 2 heated seat pads and they work a treat. I put a coat around my legs (like a blanket) and you can turn the heating off or use ECO mode comfortably. ECO Mode - the heater doesn’t heat but the air con does cool. It doesn’t make a huge deal of difference in range. About 8 miles on a full battery range! Don’t use ECO mode that often. Should have spec’d the 11kw onboard charger to get the most from site chargers. Not noticed the battery capacity but now have car scanner so I’ll be looking at that. Might post an update. (The update is checked Car Scanner app and at 100% it was quoting 59% which is comparable to what you were saying. However, my home charger gives me power consumed per charge and I had a charge session starting at 7% battery which consumed 62.6 kWh to 100%. That works out as 67kWh battery capacity!) Battery degradation currently stating 7.3% after 39,000 miles. (75kWh-7.3% = 68kwh or 68kwh - 7.3% = 63kwh.) Winter efficiency around the 2.5 - 2.7 mi/kWh covering November to January. Summer was 2.8 - 2.9 kWh. Think I might run the van until it dies if the depreciation is as bad as you say. I know the latest version of the Stellantis van has improved but the Buzz looks very tempting. It will have to be a really good van as I absolutely love the Expert. Looking forward to see what your comparison is like. Went to a dealer today and they’re quoting 5 months delivery at the minute. (Late Jan 2023)

[@doddsy799]

Cheers for the video, I was contemplating this Evan but now I think I will opt for the diesel variant instead, as you have confirmed what I was thinking. Thanks again.

[@locker744]

Great video. Food for thought.

[@Peoplestariff]

Great review and made me feel I’ve done the right thing ordering the buzz have thought about a second hand stelantis with 75kw but the buzz just looks the part . Can’t believe they don’t have heated seats essential in an EV cheaper and more efficient than using the heater 3m/kWh is the min you want from a van with 200 mile range

[@coop69coop]

You have definitely done the right thing , this van is just a little bit better in every single way , and a lot better on range

[@markgaudie80]

The LWB Buzz GTX looks the business.

[@paulcollins1627]

Thank you for this review. A proper real world review. I have this van arriving today. I do between 30-75 miles a day. You mentioned you are cold in the van. Is the heater useless in your van.

[@daves4026]

What about the middle seat obstructed leg space by the drive selector. Poorly placed to fill the old gear shift

[@coop69coop]

Yes I can relate to much of what you are saying here , the Citroen was very good. Perhaps it’s was just my van that had the capacity issue , the trouble is what do you do about it? Take it to your local dealer ?! I mean this is the same dealer that tried to charge me the diesel price for a first service.! If I start talking about battery capacity there is literally no chance of getting anywhere 😂 It’s a lovely van to drive. I have now done about 1500 miles in the buzz and it’s just a little bit better at everything.., which equates to a big difference in the end , and when you consider the price is about the same , it’s a no brainer for me .., the stellantis vans are great but over priced.

[@colin7898]

I am really interested in your view on the ID Buzz (efficiency, real world driving range and speeds) because we are doing similar mileages etc. As for servicing I don’t go to a dealer as they too thought they were servicing a diesel given the price🤣. I use Cleevely EV Mobile Servicing (James & Kate channel) for the van and the wife’s car and it is effortless and very good service. Done on your drive, about 2-4 hours depending on the service, warranty not affected and you don’t have to go anywhere, leave it, get picked up and dropped off etc.

[@coop69coop]

Yes it was actually his video on the E Dispatch which finally made up my mind to get one ! He does some really good videos eh. I will be posting a 1500 (or might actually be quite a lot more !) mile review soon where I am going to look at pros and cons. Honestly, im struggling with cons , it’s flipping fantastic

[@colin7898]

@@coop69coop same here. When he said “ if you’re doing 1000 miles a week which most people aren’t you can use one of these.” That was the decider for me, given how many miles he does in an NV 200 Looking forward to the videos. Will be interested to know with the VW Buzz how the charging times compare. I am guessing about half the time may be a bit less ?

[@jakeroadtonowhere4070]

What is it cost on a full charge? Public charge points And how often did you charge in a week?

[@bernardcharlesworth9860]

Where is the opd port please

[@knighthawk3559]

How many lines of powder did you do before this video?

[@aktelectricalinstallations9186]

I bought this last year and was disappointed. Feels light and cheap after a Ford Transit Custom Diesel. Only drive in Economy mode and get 170 miles on full charge costing around £45. Ride height is poor and low down. Plastic dashboard is crappy. Information screens are not good and not user friendly with poor radio system. Handling is woolly and pathetic. I’m going to get rid of now. Stellantis after sales service is very bad. Going back to Ford transit.