Mercedes-Benz has celebrated this milestone by producing a cumulative 25,000 electric vans since 2010. Mercedes-Benz's current lineup of electric vans includes three models consisting of the Mercedes-Benz eVito (mid-size van and passenger Tourer version) marketed in 2017, the Mercedes-Benz eSprinter (large van) since 2019 and the Mercedes-Benz EQV 300. (passenger van) which was released in 2020.
“We have a clear goal, we want to be a leading manufacturer of electric vans in the long term,” said Mathias Geisen, Head of Mercedes-Benz Vans in a statement, Tuesday (12/4/2022).
“And for this we have a very good starting point: By the end of 2021, we are once again the leader of the medium and large electric van market in Europe.”
Furthermore, Mathias revealed that Mercedes-Benz Vans has also planned to take the next step by introducing small electric vans such as the Mercedes-Benz eCitan and EQT in 2022.
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This will enable the electrification of the entire Mercedes-Benz range of commercial vehicles, as all models will have a battery-electric version. According to the German manufacturer, by the end of the decade, the company will be ready to become a fully electric vehicle manufacturer “wherever market conditions permit.”
Not only that, Mercedes-Benz also plans to introduce the next-generation eSprinter model next year and start production in Charleston, South Carolina, USA in the second half of 2023 and will also be produced in Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfelde, Germany.
Mercedes-Benz has announced that it has invested around 350 million euros in the next-generation eSprinter. Of that around 150 million euros will be invested for production adjustments in the three factories.
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From the middle of this decade, all newly developed vans will be exclusively electric cars, based on the fundamentally new, modular and all-electric van architecture based on VAN.EA.
