Morris Commercial EV van

[anonymous-user]

https://www.morris-commercial.com/

[Lt. Coulomb]

Oh no! Another Prowler!

[jjwilde]

Please don't let this be stupidly expensive.

... and it's £60k+.

Right.

Edited by jjwilde on Wednesday 13th November 14:32

[Fast Bug]

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]

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]

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]

Well i like it anyway.

[Connectors]

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]

Love it, price is nuts

I will wait for the 40k ID Buzz

[anonymous-user]

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]

Picture credit: @jrendell via Twitter

[gmaz]

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]

Speaking of electric vans, what happened to the Royal Mail's?

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

[irocfan]

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]

Who owns Morris?

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/motoring/e...

[saaby93]

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]

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]

Pretty cool concept, could see Amazon using them for local deliveries etc.

[Fast Bug]

Not at that price they won't!

[AJB88]

Pretty sure a company like Amazon an can a bulk buy price a hell of a lot lower.