Morris Commercial EV van

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anonymous-user

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69 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Lt. Coulomb

202 posts

69 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Oh no! Another Prowler!

jjwilde

1,904 posts

111 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Please don't let this be stupidly expensive.

... and it's £60k+.

Right.

Edited by jjwilde on Wednesday 13th November 14:32

Fast Bug

12,734 posts

176 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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jjwilde said:
Please don't let this be stupidly expensive.
I couldn't see a price on their website, but Autocar suggest £60k which should be + VAT as it's a commercial vehicle. Who knows if that's including the £8k government grant or not.

dxg

9,383 posts

275 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Hmm, maybe as a gimmick to have the side cut out to serve artesian coffee (ala Citroen H vans), but otherwise I'm not seeing it...

davettf2

169 posts

160 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Interesting, as i always thought the J type had sliding doors. Which were much more suitable for delivery work. I assume the door was change for structural rigidity based on its no doubt a lot heavier than the original!

M1C

2,000 posts

126 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Well i like it anyway.

Connectors

226 posts

104 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Looks lovely, unlike the price.

I can’t find any figures for the whole life co2 emissions for this van, anyone seen any?

Dave Hedgehog

14,929 posts

219 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Love it, price is nuts

I will wait for the 40k ID Buzz

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

69 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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A van for hipsters.


Carbon fibre body with integral painted bumpers, and it looks like the forwards vision is terrible thanks to massive pillars (blind spot city)

By the time the average UPS guys driven it for more than 3 miles it's going to need another £60k spending on it in body repairs......

Cold

16,011 posts

105 months

Wednesday 13th November 2019
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Picture credit: @jrendell via Twitter

gmaz

4,895 posts

225 months

Thursday 14th November 2019
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The cab area is huge, they could add another 2-3 feet of load area if they moved the bulkhead behind the seats forward

dxg

9,383 posts

275 months

Thursday 14th November 2019
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Speaking of electric vans, what happened to the Royal Mail's?

https://electrek.co/2017/08/23/royal-mail-new-elec...

irocfan

44,037 posts

205 months

Friday 22nd November 2019
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Cold said:


Picture credit: @jrendell via Twitter
look's like Mario's personalised the steering wheel. That aside it does look quite cute if too retro - unlike the price, which is somewhat stiff!

saaby93

32,038 posts

193 months

Sunday 24th November 2019
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saaby93

32,038 posts

193 months

Sunday 24th November 2019
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More here

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/vans/108405/morris-c...

'The resurrected British commercial vehicle manufacturer has launched an all-electric successor the iconic J-Type van, called the Morris JE'

'According to the company’s CEO and founder, Dr. Qu Li '

dxg

9,383 posts

275 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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dxg said:
Speaking of electric vans, what happened to the Royal Mail's?

https://electrek.co/2017/08/23/royal-mail-new-elec...
Oh well, I'll answer my own question. $100m from Hyundai/Kia. LG Batteries. Could get interesting...

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/01/a-100-million...

AJB88

14,266 posts

186 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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Pretty cool concept, could see Amazon using them for local deliveries etc.

Fast Bug

12,734 posts

176 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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Not at that price they won't!

AJB88

14,266 posts

186 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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Pretty sure a company like Amazon an can a bulk buy price a hell of a lot lower.