The 2024-2025 Mercedes Benz e-Sprinter Is The Biggest EV News Of The Year... Size Wise. 

Outside the box with a very boxy vehicle.

Conversely if they drive 60 miles would they even care about fuel cost?

@@zoner__60 miles per day at 20 mpg and $5 per gal is $75 per week.. Times 50 weeks a year is $3750.. On the other hand, the EV will probably use less than half that much money in charging. That’s not nothing.. And 14:37 the EV will skip oil changes, at least two per year at around $50 each? No air filter either. Then the EV probably won’t ever need a timing belt or a transmission service. No fuel filter. And it doesn’t have a catalytic converter to steal. Net net, a pretty good savings every year.

How much is this van? The cost doesn’t make sense for my Plumbing business. We spend roughly $70/wk per vehicle on gas

Yeah but no way that battery is going to have the same reliability as a sprinter diesel.

@@blipblop92 True! But batteries are getting better, and diesel exhaust is really bad for kids' lungs. Worse than vaping.

@@blipblop92 how so? most of the reliability problems you hear about other EV are not powertrain issues. I don't trust modern electronic diesels i would rather have a gas or a pre-emission diesel

MB should have an option for the massive roof to be covered in solar

It has pretty much been a commercial van but I've seen a few being advertised for RV conversion. -Travis

His home rate is more expensive than the rate of many fast chargers. My rate is .18c/kwh

@@JD-yx7be I've never seen a fast charger under 0.43. Also that wasn't his home rate, that was at his work, he pretty much runs off all solar at his house

i would buy the gas over a modern electronic diesel anyday.

ICE versions give you two to three roof height options.

I wish there were hybrid or plug in hybrid vans available. Would be nice to use all the power the hybrid provides for AC, microwaves and other appliances without a need to build out a separate electrical system. Ford’s F150 hybrid even automatically starts a generator when the battery is getting low, so you never need to worry about running out of electricity

Yet, Tesla has produced semi trucks that go EVERYWHERE, no problem. Amazon has electric delivery vans bigger than this one in the video. My son drives one for Amazon. He says after driving the electric vans nobody at Amazon wants to drive their gas vans.

That's a take. You must not realize just how simple it is to find charging, even at a campsite.

I forgot gasoline flows from trees. Solar on the roof could recover power when parked. Might not be much but it’s more than any gas that would magically show up in your tank.

@@FuncleChuckyeah don’t camp sites have typically have RV hook ups?

probably didn't have winter tires on them. Also depends on the payload that is in them at the time that effects weight distribution.

you can't patent a voltage

The Hummer EV weighs more than a ton more.

Depends where, PG&E rates are high..

That's all completely arbitrary. "Percent of the battery" really isn't a thing that's meaningful.

expect a 3-4% improvement in energy density a year.

What's unreliable about it? Why would the electric be less reliable than gas?

@@FuncleChuck consumer report indicated EVs have 79% more problems ICE cars.

@@cn0503due to many EVs being built by amateur car companies making bad design decisions. Most of the failures in the consumer reports statistics aren’t related to the powertrain. On the other hand, Mercedes has been building EVs for 10-15 years, and this one is based on a relatively mature ICE design. I’d guess this one is more reliable than the ICE version.

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@@jaytaylor629 You are talking a lot of bullshit and non sense , 1st of all I'm driving and live with this type of car every day , i have a diesel Sprinter and i was hoping to upgrade it to the new eSprinter soon (not the case anymore now) . The acceleration is way more important that you may think , when your cargo si loaded and heavy is absolutely terrible and frightening entering highways , i had moments when cars where flashing beeping me (and is completely understandable, you are putting 1st lane drivers in danger . I'm not expecting Plaid performance , but 134-200hP is slow AF , now don't come and tell me that with an EV Torque and response is way higher , because i already know that ( i own a Model Y) and I'm familiar with EV's . If you load that van in Cargo , with the 134Hp small motor version this will be fast like a Snail. 2nd of all when you put a price tag close to 100k i expect a better interior , i repeat i'm driving this car every day , a piano black trim will show horrible scratches , also there are some soft touch materials that are also durable and easy to clean , analogic instrument cluster ? Really ?

You're not the customer for this van, so just move along.

@@jaytaylor629 Ok. 🤦

There are a ton of the regular high roof sprinters in the states already

That would only happen if you try to drive this like a sports car.

Should watch Sabine Schmitz’s (RIP) Nurburgring Van Challenge videos.. These things are remarkably stable!