“The new Ducato Electric is a vehicle with no half-measures: 100% Ducato, 100% Electric.”
Fiat recently unveiled the new version of the Ducato MY2020 van, which is one of the most popular in Europe. The latest generation will be available in an all-electric version too.
The Italian manufacturer intends to start sales of Fiat Ducato Electric in 2020, offering the BEV in all body variants and with the same load volumes as diesel.
“Its development is the outcome of in-depth analysis of commercial vehicle use data and the various mission types, and partnership with major customers, all aimed at offering made-to-measure solutions that adapt payload and performance to the different demands of professional use, with no half measures: 100% Ducato, 100% Electric.”
To achieve the same cargo capability (and reasonable pricing, we guess), the battery pack needs to be compact. This is probably why the expected range will be from 220 km (137 miles) to 360 km (224 miles) in the outgoing (but still used) NEDC cycle. The real world range (or WLTP at least) will be probably from 160 km (100 miles).
According to the press release, the Ducato Electric will be Fiat Professional key EV product.
“This same thinking underlines the Ducato Electric, the first full-electric Fiat Professional model, designed and developed according to the FCA Group’s most advanced quality standards.
The Ducato Electric has been conceived and developed on the basis of a specific, detailed study of customers’ real use of their vehicles, involving a year of data gathering, which confirmed that more than 25% of the market already has a “BEV Attitude” in terms of use, routes, dynamics and performances, and is therefore ready and waiting for a mobility change.”
“The new Ducato Electric is a vehicle with no half-measures: 100% Ducato, 100% Electric. It will therefore be Fiat Professional’s key product in the field of electric mobility, and especially in the transition now under way from the traditional “choice of vehicle” to a “choice of mobility” based on specific working and business factors, as the purchase decision switches from Total Cost of Ownership to Total Cost of Mobility.”
Fiat Ducato Electric specs:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=o1FkQ21VqmY
https://youtube.com/watch?v=KEsdIqiKrPA
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lBzsCyL_1_c
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