How To Buy 3 Electric Vans For £39K

[@mikeolly67]

I know someone who has exactly the same van, same age and colour, he was getting 40 miles from a full charge, it went into the VW dealer and they did some sort of software update, which he says improved it a bit, but still rubbish. They are cheap for a reason and come April 25 the RFL will be the same as all LCVs , so even less companies will want to buy one. It’s fortunate you bought these vans at a cheap price, but even at £13000 the dealer had a profit margin, so a realistic trade value is now probably £10k if you can find a dealer willing to buy it. EDIT, I just checked autotrader and there are various 21 plate E Transporters with low miles for just over £10k retail, so trade is probably more like £7k

[@howhistory5877]

There's a reason (or two) electric vans are soooooo cheap! Good story and right on point as to how things are these days - All to make life easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@akshayk999]

Very cool story

[@jamesbrook16]

Stick a diesel generator in the back… Seriously, 82 miles is beyond a joke! Might be ok for a work van doing local deliveries, but we would want to turn it into a campervan which would be unworkable imo. Our last big trip was to Ireland via Cairnryan which was 204 miles which would entail at least 2 stops. But once in Ireland we couldn’t have driven ‘The Wild Atlantic Way’ because there were simply no chargers. If something seems too good to be true, it is probably for a reason.

[@stevezodiac491]

conventional lithium-ion batteries that are found in everything from consumer electronics to electric vehicles last less than 1,000 cycles and have an energy density between 200-300 Wh/kg.

[@colingaskell9571]

Waste of money