I own an E-Transit which is used as a service vehicle. We installed a Level 2 charger to fill up. So far this van has never seen a fast charger and plan to keep it that way. Have had it on the road since December 2022. This vehicle made perfect sense as my service area hasn't changed in over 20 years. 95% of our driving is in the city. This van is being used in the same means as the gas one we replaced which was very reliable. So far we are getting excellent efficiency on average of 2.5 kwh and that is loaded. Charging with a level 2 charger is significantly less for us to charge vs. gas in our previous vehicle. While the max range isn't as great compared my previous gas van, the efficiency is far greater. I have been very happy with it so far, very easy to drive and get in and out of tight spaces with the camera system. I drive it in Eco mode and use the regen braking a lot. Would like to see a Hydrogen version of this in the future but the infrastructure isn't there as we all know. We didn't by an electric van to save the planet, it just made sense for us. I do not agree that electric is the end all be answer and we need multiple options. I read the posts about the smaller 68 kilo battery installed but the more battery you add the payload capacity would diminish. I run machinery and tools in my van and use an inverter and 2 large AGM vehicle batteries to do so. If I lost power from those batteries, I can plug directly into Ford Pro Power and be up and running in seconds as a backup. Glad the Pro Power is there but so far haven't needed it.

I would love to own an E-Transit for my furniture business, but I’d like to see them increase the range to around 250+ miles per charge. Located in rural Maine, we sometimes have to travel longer distances and the charging network is still sparse. I have a Chevy Bolt EV and it has around 250+- mile range and gets me most places without needing to charge until I get home.

i had this truck for a week now. for one pedal you either double tap the brake or put in L mode with ECo.

While I find EV trucks generally silly, I really like the EV van concept a lot. I think it will fit right in to a lot of current commercial use models without issue.

America needs to freaking rethink the darn charging infrastructure

"EA.... the single biggest killer of EV adoption !"

Yeessss this is the content you need more, not all in life are pick up trucks we are people that we use vans. Awesome video continue like that ❤😅❤

I drive one every day and love it!

This is a great idea! I used to work with someone who owns a commercial dishwasher business and he also made the soap in-house, a cool dude, but he was fangirling over an electric van 6 years ago and made some great points. Being in NYC, his run never exceeded 100 miles in a day, it was usually closer to 50 miles for a round trip and that's the majority of runs vehicles do in places like NYC, that's where these electric vehicles SHINE! Also, imagine covering the roof with solar panels! You don't realize how much square footage of space you have up there and how effective solar panels would be! No exhaust and no noise pollution in an already cramped city. I'm excited to see more electric commercial vehicles.

Thank you so much TFL...Been looking at any Transit period!!!

Seems like electric is awesome for in-town where you recover energy often by braking AND where you can plug it in overnight. If that's your situation, these are amazing. Road tripping and/or you live somewhere where you have to find a charger all the time? Maybe not yet.

Perfect city delivery vehicle

This is a good video proving even if you’re having issues with the chargers, you’re not stranded yet. You had nothing but problems with your charging stops yet you still made it np

I drove the Ike Gauntlet yesterday. My ears still hurt driving from Denver to Grand Junction through the Rockies. We even had a bag of Doritos pop from the pressure changes.

I recently bought the long, tall E Transit. I'm converting it for camping. Really enjoying it. 122 miles of range is what I'm seeing, combination 60 miles per hour highway and some short trips around town. That's what the guessometer says, but I also am seeing 2.4 average miles per kWr, so the real range is much more than 122 miles. The battery is actually larger than 68 kW. I've heard it's over 70 with 68 usable.

Do they have hybrid models? I think hybrids are the best option until the battery/infrastructure tech matures to a point that the anxiety isn't such a problem. Driving any distance in our society is already a stressful situation due to idiots and the never ending road work. If you add more anxiety it kills whatever pleasure you can squeeze out of a road trip.

Looking forward to this series.

Good updates! Definitely needs a bigger battery in my opinion. But once again, EA needs to get better with maintaining their chargers.

Andre stop into dunkin on Huron I need a coffee lol the only TFL member I know of that lives in Thornton area so close to me. Love the content. Keep it up guys!

Currently watching this on my lunch here at KCAP where these are made. Cool to finally see one of these out in the wild, nonetheless on TFL! It's been super cool watching this plant transform to be able to make the electric version and gas versions side by side. Believe my when I tell you there are a LOT of constraints on an already complicated vehicle that has three lengths and three heights to deal with. Looking forward to your testing of this thing.

Great video Andre!

This van is for college campus & airport shuttles. Imagine how much money car rental companies near airports will save on fuel? Also for facility maintenance workers where the workers never leave that location. Using this as an airport maintenance guy where u just go from one end of the airport to the other all day is a really good move. Imagine working at a military base and having one of these. This is useful.

Return to Prudhoe Bay! Could be more comfortable than a canvas tent on a pickem up. Thank you for sharing and have a great day!

Good review, range better then I had expected!

Great review and practical road test. I live in Colorado so it's good to know what the challenges and plusses are. Love that downhill gravity bonus! Something for folks to remember - there is a federal EV benefit of $7500, so if this vehicle is $9k over a gas version, it's a no-brainer. I just WISH it had more range or a larger battery option for more range. I want to go electric, but I feel like constant charging will get old real fast.

It would be interesting if they make a passenger van for airport shuttles

I need one..perfect work van for me..

Love it, can't wait for the standard lightning pack to be available in the e-transit. E-Vanlife here we come.

Absolute great video! I actually ordered one of these today, through Ken Garff. Mine is High Roof, Long Wheelbase (not extended). I went through $700 in fuel last month in my 2019 Chevy Express 1-ton Van. All in all, the E-Transit is about $65k with a lot of toys on it... Trading my Tesla Model Y for the down payment..

Good job love those results

It shouldn't be so complicated to charge a vehicle. It seems strange that there are issues charging so frequently.

Thank you Andre for reviewing vans!

I read most of the comments/complaints about the size of the battery and the poor state of the charging stations. As with all EV's, the range will be better in city and the owner/operator will have their own charging station at their shop, where the van will be charged overnight. Putting in a bigger battery would add significantly to the cost of the van and make it heavier (reduced payload/cargo volume) I am sure Ford has done their market research on what range a van will need to have to work a day in a city. Also, maybe the van can be plugged in for the lunch break. I am sure they will be in high demand. Kudos to Ford.

Good video. What is the towing capacity? Will be interesting to see how range and efficiency is impacted by payload and towing. If you plan to do a constant speed range test, please consider a loop style test (end up where you started). Could you consider a 0 to 100% charging cycle then show the charging curve? Also, maybe you could simulate an all day delivery cycle with 20 to 30 delivery points. Would also be interesting to understanding charging on a typical 240V/40 amp circuit. Thanks again.

Does the inverter powering the outlets in the rear of the truck draw directly from the high-voltage battery, or does it go through the 12v battery?

Waiting for an E Transit with the Lightning power and battery capacity, for me, this is the only EV I would ever buy, a Van is the perfect platform for Electric.

Good ol' Electrojunk America!!!

I’m very interested in how it works at max payload and in winter cold. We have a small plumbing & HVAC business and use a transit Medium roof 148”WB with the 3.5 ecoboost engine and have it loaded and get around 16mpg. We average about 40 to 50 miles a day. I’d love to know if in the dead of winter running emergency heating repairs if we’d see the range drop to 1/2 or less when it’s fully loaded and cold out before we invest in the e transit.

Thank you Andre! What was the cost difference compared with a gas (ecoboost 3.5) model?

What I think is cool is at 2:08 he mentioned the battery gauge. Which looks like a fuel gauge. Funny enough, just like a fuel gauge, there is a small arrow letting you know where the charge port is located. 😂

This would be great college , airport , part mover fan , mail van as well

Look at that charging location. I love it.

still refers to dcfc as lvl 3. using work utility not as intended. thanks for the ongoing ev promotion tfl!

they need a bigger battery pack on that thing. should get at least 250 miles when filled to 80%.

Andre, are you going to take on tumbleweed ranch with the buhanka?

know where you are at. Every time we go to Colorado on vacation that’s area my Cousin live in. They in New Castle. we stay in Frisco Colorado use that as a midway point.

I would like to see you drive it empty to the top of the Ike gauntlet, then load something like a side by side in it to achieve max payload. Then see how much energy you could put back into it going down the mountain.

You can add charge anxiety to range anxiety -

Every time you guys go to a charging station you have an issue. It’s ridiculous, they need to have actual people available at those stations. How on earth do the people pushing EV’s ever expect them to catch on if you can’t charge them?

Thanks for the review. I learned a lot. I think if you used the L button, you could get max regen. (That’s how it works on my Fusion Energi). As a former van fleet owner, (8 Dodge B350 vans). I could see one of these on my Christmas wish list.

@TFLtruck did you forget to close the partition door before you left or was the door latch not working well? 😂😂😂. How was the noise level during the ride?…was the partition louder than most with rattle or anything like that?

I got ave a question I imagine the E-transit is geared for city driving my question is if it possible to change the rear end gearing to get better highway range?

Please max the payload and range test it 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

I hope that as commercial EVs become more popular we will see it drive down costs of residential Cars. Perhaps it will expand and improve the charging network in Ontario canada

If anyone has never been over the rockies I highly recommend it.

If you bought that vehicle for around-town deliveries, it's a pretty good choice. In town, driving stresses a power train, especially when idling in the summer heat, leading to maintenance issues. Of course, the range wouldn't be an issue. However, you would be ill-advised to buy this vehicle to run the Gauntlet and Vale's Pass daily with a full load. I'm sure more well-suited EVs are on the way.

i heard on the tesla tires need to be changed every year due to battery size, is that the case on the electric cargo van?

On the outlet the have on the back . We can’t plug 🔌 any tools because not enough range. Thanks Andy.

So what's the cost of tires and miles you get on them? How does a full load affects range? How does cold affects the battery? How's battery life for hilly/mountainous terrain?

Woooo hit the road! For a short while!

Place the order on mine July 15 still waiting lol I’m here in Aurora Colorado seen many getting 150 miles plus on this van cost for Mantaince and charge is gonna blow my Mercedes Sprinter expense away !!!!

I love how it still has a fuel gage

The screen on the charger does not say if the 13.158 is kw/h but if it is then that only got 25 miles of range for $5.59 which is not very competitive against gas

Thank you for the review. I am hoping they bring a plug-in hybrid power train to this model. That way I could have the efficiency of electric around town and then for my longer trips I have the range and towing capability of petrol. Plus if a few years from now if my battery weakens, I always have the petrol option.

Please tell us how much was spent on both charging stations?

My Chrysler Pacifica PHEV if charging and you open the hood the charging stops... I live in Vegas and wanted extra fans blowing in engine compartment but had to blow through the grill.

So 2.4 miles per Kw-hr is not bad. Assume one Kw-hr costs about $0.18 and assume gas costs $5 per gallon. That means you'll get an equivalent of 66 mpg when compared to a gas vehicle.

Once you add in charging times imagine how long an employee would be sitting idle during an average day. Time is Money, even if it is a private vehicle on a vacation trip.

I would absolutely buy one if it was AWD and had a range of 250 miles in a 1-ton high cab extended length. Sadly that configuration gives us 90 mile range. I have a 1-Ton 2020 AWD, 3.5 Ecoboost loaded. I build and remodel high end homes in North Ohio. 80% of the time I can get buy with 100 miles of range a day. 10% I can get by on 100-135 miles. The rest of the time I need up to 400 miles a day. Now, in the winter, I start the van 15 min before I start work to warm up the cab and start warming the battery tools that will not work if too cold. If ford offered a hybrid diesel transit… I’d be all in.

Hello I have a Nissa frontier that I upgraded and would like to see if my truck can do your course at the ranch I live northern Colorado so I’m no that far away

What are the charging costs per kilowatt hour if you don’t mind

5:51 The Force is strong with this one!

Isaw another review of the eTransit, coming from a channel that reviewed it in Germany.

More van content. Especially towing and vs. videos

do they get the GOVT> Rebate? $7500 and when will it be available?

Anybody know the 12v battery is on this van? How big is the battery tray? Would this van send extra current sent to the 12 to the powertrain battery? Any way to trickle charge the powertrain battery with a single 700w 50v solar panel? I'd engineer that and not void my warranty.

After driving an Econoline for over 15 years and serving me well (huge gas expenses though) I'm now driving a Transit w ecoboost and Very Happy with it! I want the E-transit next but I'm concerned about paying 60K (almost 2x what i paid for current) and waiting months for a truck that offers less... Please convince otherwise...

What is the wheelbase on this? Cargo weight? And does it have any tow capability?

They're almost there. I would love to try electric, but I drive my van 120 miles per day for some of my jobs. I'm also using my van to carry a payload, as will basically everyone who is buying a cargo van. I really wish the Transit had range comparable to the F150.

How much did each charge up cost?

They should have added that Transmission dial to the Electric F-150 (Lightning)! I would order it instead of the collapsing stick shift.

Road trip of 120 miles :) Honestly though if I owned my own home and was able to afford an electric vehicle I would get one.

Great work on this, I drive a service van everyday and no way would this work for me with 24hr service no way could i mess around with charging and you were empty not loaded down with tools my e350 is about 400 under gross

That "middle" length is the longer of the two wheelbases (148"), but without the longest body extension in the back.

I really want the new E Transit. I have a Nissan Env200 I converted into a camper which only has a 60mile range but the only EV van available here. But I feel so lucky to live in New Zealand where we have 2 fast chargers every 45 miles on all roads across the country and the small city I live in has 62 Type2 free chargers. Bar that already being awesome all chargers (actually almost all power in NZ) is from renewable sources. I have never once had a charging issue or even had to wait for a charger and I now have 74,000miles on it

Im going to save up money for the first version of these which have 2-300mi of range. It would not only be great for range, but for internal use as well.

Is anyone going to address that at 4:59 there is a “T” shaped hole that looks like the ones in the Maverick? AND, that there’s places like this in a bunch of Ford trucks nowadays? I wonder if there is a back-plan at FORD for their 3D printing programs for accessories?

With all that roof area. Why not cover it in solar panels for helping recharge the batteries when not in use?

The components in the front do not include the inverter (@13:27); they are the same as the components under the front hood of a RWD Mach-E - the charger, etc. The inverter is mounted on top of the motor in the back.

Driving over a mountain range is not a use case I'm considering. Near Portland Maine, we might go from sea level to 500' and back. Mostly under 300'

I was thinking of purchasing this van and installing a generator on the 5 wheel compartment and putting wheel out in rear door and that way at jobsites I can charge easier

When they get the 500 miles of range I might consider buying one for my company

In Europe they have these with 238 Mikes of rsnge. I’m ready to buy when that happens here in the States!

Rear wheel drive would suck in the winter in Colorado (grand lake here)

All these questions "How Will it work loaded, towing, in winter, blah blah blah..." You already know the answer to ALL these questions is..less range.

Do the same trip with the 3400 pounds in the back.

Is there storage in the hood?

Hi brother why do they put the charge port at the front where all the wheel spary when it"s raining and so on. Does not make sense to me but remember it's FORD.cherrs...

Bruh Andre constantly 20Mph over the speed limit 🤣😂🤣 10:05

Interesting 👊🤯👍🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇽